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Juliet Mushens @mushenska
@arcanepunk best way is to check acknowledgements of your favourite YA books and see who the agent is #askagenttoo many great ones to list incl Molly Ker Hawn, Julia Churchill, Claire Wilson, Jodie Hodges, Penny Holroyde... #askagent

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best way is to check acknowledgements of your favourite YA books and see who the agent is #askagent

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it's just not my specialism unfortunately! Lots of great MG agent around #askagent

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KA Whitfield @Whit_Writes
@mushenska Should the elevator pitch reveal a big plot twist? #askagentno, but the synopsis should #askagent

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I get quite a lot - I think NaNoWriMo can give a good first draft, but needs to be polished & edited! #askagent

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Vanessa @vanessaepeay
@FuseLiterary anyone accepting YA historical #askfuse.@vanessaepeay Most of our YA agents entertain historical submissions unless otherwise stated. More here: fuseliterary.com/about-fuse/ #AskFuse

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Literary Agency
Meg LaTorre @MegLaTorre
What are your favorite resources for manuscript word counts? #AskFuse.@MegLaTorre For word counts, I'd have to point to our scout @DevourerofBooks & her great post on our blog: fuseliterary.com/word-counts/ #AskFuse

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Anon asked: Any advice for pitching to an agent at a conference? tmblr.co/Z1DsEu2Dgps5E #askagent

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Anon asked: If we have several agents who have offered rep & we pick one, how do we tell the others no? tmblr.co/Z1DsEu2Dgq1nR #askagent

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Anon asked: When reading pages, what are the most common mistakes you see Vs what keeps you reading? tmblr.co/Z1DsEu2DgqJSm #askagent

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Claire King @ckingwriter
@mushenska what % of your work for a specific book would you say takes place after publication?how to boost sales, next ideas, events... Lots goes on after pub #askagent

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Claire King @ckingwriter
@mushenska what % of your work for a specific book would you say takes place after publication?can't put a % on it as differs by author! But LOTS - cover queries, publicity & marketing plans, foreign rights etc #askagent

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Eliza Adams @Eliza_Do_Lots
@mushenska if story is dark and there is no happy ending, is it interesting or annoying? Do characters need redemption? #askagentas long as you have earned that ending, through character arc and plot, dark is fine #askagent

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Marta @martasrsly
#askagent is it possible to get an agent while not being British/American or having English as a first language?yes, one of my writers doesn't have English as a first language #askagent

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Literary Agent
Julie Cohen 🌈 @julie_cohen
@mushenska I keep telling my clients to try to keep their first-time novels to about 90k words (not 70k or 120k)…am I wrong? #askagentin general I agree with you... But as long as no rushing or filler I'm easy on word count #askagent