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Janelle McCurdy @JanelleLMccurdy
@SkylarkLit What made you want to be an agent for YA and children's books? Just curious #AskAgent#AskAgent Lovely Q! Reading as a child/teen was magical & powerful. I want to be part of that for other kids @SeekerJBeliever @SkylarkLit
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Olivia Kiernan @LivKiernan
@JoannaMoult @Viking_Ma I've no agent to disagree with 😞 so not sure why I'm mentioned in tweet. Almost wish I had this issue #AskAgent#AskAgent @LivKiernan @JoannaMoult @Viking_Ma One day you will & someone will remind you of this! :-)
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Janelle McCurdy @JanelleLMccurdy
@SkylarkLit What made you want to be an agent for YA and children's books? Just curious #AskAgent#AskAgent @SeekerJBeliever Always had a passion for Children's/YA & all my expertise is in this area as I spent so many years publishing it
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L.J. Moss @eponymoss
@SkylarkLit Author wrote about subbing same book under male pseudonym - much more interest in book... yikes! Any opinion?! #askagent#AskAgent Wow! That's interesting. Was it a children's book? I'm really surprised as to us it makes no diff at all.@anonymoss @SkylarkLit
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DecEMMAber Festive-Prancer @FinlaysonPalmer
How many months approx is it from publisher accepting book to release date? #AskAgent @SkylarkLit#AskAgent @FinlaysonPalmer @SkylarkLit It varies hugely - anything from c. 10 months to 2 years. Usually somewhere in the middle!
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RvT @robnoceros21
@JoannaMoult @AmberCaraveo I've heard that stories with talking animals and the like are considered twee and make agents cringe... #askagent#AskAgent Hmm. Well, it can be a turn off for some agents. As always, a fresh, strong approach helps a lot. @robnoceros21 @AmberCaraveo
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#AskAgent Lots of qs on word count for diff age groups tonight. For more info on this - & other tips - see our blog skylark-literary.com/blog/?offset=1…
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Carolyn Ward @Viking_Ma
@AmberCaraveo @LivKiernan @SkylarkLit what happens when you disagree with something fundamental with an ed/publisher? #askagent#AskAgent It's your book but there's almost always a dialogue if you disagree. Eds/pubs are usually reasonable! @Viking_Ma @LivKiernan
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Sharon Marie Jones @sharonmariej
Are you interested in young MG (7-9 years)? What would be the average word count you'd expect for this age range? #AskAgent#AskAgent @sharonmariej Yes! We are struggling to find anything really stand-out for this age group. 12-15k words roughly.
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#AskAgent @BeckyBright @SkylarkLit Yes on the whole but it's not compulsory! :-)
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#AskAgent It doesn't matter which - as long as you've given your audience age some serious thought it makes us agents happy! @rachaelkward
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Jennifer Moore @JennyWriteMoore
#AskAgent @SkylarkLit Hello! Just wondering about editors' views on substituting actions for 'said' in MG books, eg. "thanks," she smiled.#AskAgent @JennyWriteMoore Personally I don't like it. It's a bit lazy, but as with all rules GREAT writers can get away with breaking them!
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DecEMMAber Festive-Prancer @FinlaysonPalmer
#Zombies seem to have had their day, do you think there's room for more zombies in children's fiction? #AskAgent @SkylarkLit#AskAgent Yes, if they're written in a fresh, new way, however now is not the easiest time to sell them in...@FinlaysonPalmer @SkylarkLit
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Olivia Kiernan @LivKiernan
@SkylarkLit Will you be running another fiction competition this year? #AskAgent#AskAgent @LivKiernan @SkylarkLit Yes, almost certainly. We're not sure what age group it will be for yet, tho'.
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L.J. Moss @eponymoss
@SkylarkLit #askagent People advise not sending sub that isn't 'ready' - how can book be ready until worked on with editor/editorial agent?#AskAgent @anonymoss You're right! It can't really! They prob mean don't send w/o polishing thoroughly first to give yourself best chance
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Michelle Richardson @michfizzyfeet
@SkylarkLit @AmberCaraveo @JoannaMoult Do you accept Picture Book submissions? Thanks #AskAgent#AskAgent I'm afraid we don't for the time being. @michfizzyfeet @SkylarkLit @AmberCaraveo
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Janelle McCurdy @JanelleLMccurdy
@SkylarkLit Hi again, how important is the first line of a novel when considering a manuscript from a new author? #AskAgent#AskAgent If it's astoundingly brilliant it does help a lot! But it can be worked on if the writing of the rest is great. @SeekerJBeliever