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I'm going to cook. Thanks for coming and for your questions. Always nice to see you all. #askagent
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Adam Burke @adamburkecomedy
Best way for new writers to get out there + get heard? Tips for not getting disheartened? Tips for originality? #askagent @JuliaChurchill@adamburkecomedy Getting heard starts with sending good work out. The other two are unanswerable by me I'm afraid. #askagent
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Sara Marissa Patel @SeeSaraScribe
#askagent Is the fee percent higher for clients who are overseas/state side?@SeeSaraScribe Commission tends to be less for primary market than foreign. Most agents have commission breakdown on website. #askagent
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Ashley Martin @papergram
@JuliaChurchill Are you seeing any changes in current publishing trends in the MG market? What's in?@papergram Not really, all is mostly as it ever was. #askagent
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@SeeSaraScribe Always happy to see again, yes. #askagent
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Laura 🎄 @Laura_Crampton
@JuliaChurchill How long should a summary be within a query letter? Thanks :) #askagent@Laura_Crampton A paragraph or two usually. Tends to be shorter for younger fiction. #askagent
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@SuffelStuart Still deciding. Should I?! #askagent
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L.D. Lapinski 🎄 @ldlapinski
Would MC's age or MS content be more of a factor in defining something as either YA or NA? #AskAgent@ldlapinski I think content/tone is always the number one identifier of core reader, with age of character coming second. #AskAgent
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Sian Browett @BrowettSian
@JuliaChurchill From the many submissions you receive a month, what percentage (roughly) do you ask to see a full manuscript? #askagent@BrowettSian Probably every couple of hundred, roughly. But some weeks none, and then I get lucky and a few in a day. #AskAgent
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Lesley Parr @WelshDragonParr
@trouteyes @JuliaChurchill Hi Julia, I assume a second look only applies to major rewrites. I've cut my ms down a lot & rewritten the@WelshDragonParr I'm always happy to take another look. No skin off my nose, and it may be fab. #AskAgent
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Stephen Cox @StephenWhq
.@juliachurchill #askagent when peeps say three chapters, if yr chapters are short, is fifty double-sided pages ok? Or 3 chapters anyway? ta@StephenWhq If they're very short, then sending a bit more is fine. #AskAgent
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@trouteyes Of course, always happy to look again. And thanks for thinking of me. #AskAgent
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If you're writing a book, looking for an agent & have questions about children's/YA publishing, I'll be at #askagent at 18.00. Come!
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