If the book you're pitching is part of a series you can mention that you envision a series, but I would suggest keeping the focus of the pitch on the book you are pitching. #askagent

Typically non-responders are more commonly from nonfiction queries than from fiction queries. In this case, there's a mix of both. The requests are for proposals for NF and fulls for F & based on the query. #askagent

Are there brilliant novels that don't follow this advice? Of course! Exceptions always exist, and authors are allowed to do anything they want as long as it's intentional. But a good writer should be able to create a good scene, even if she chooses not to use it. #askagent 🍀

The advice still holds. 😊 Scene is the framework that allows writers to include setting, description, characters, dialogue, and stream of thought --- all while grounding and these elements in something the reader can clearly visualize. #WritingCommunity #askagent #amwriting

An agent is there as a career manager so it is down to what author wants from their writing career as to whether they need or want an agent #askagent #selfpubconf

Asked by a writer at #selfpubconf how to define genre of their novel. Whatever is the main plot defines main genre so a mystery with a sub plot romance is a mystery first. Or vice versa. #askagent

Agents are career managers for authors so securing them contracts for their books, negotiating these contracts and protecting & promoting their interests. Think manager in music biz 🎶 but in publishing. #askagent #selfpubconf

They are helpful to "ground" the book.

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The same way you just did in your question.

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Lots of things: bad metaphors, grammatical errors, spelling mistakes, boring descriptions...

I hope all writers write out of passion, and because they are compelled to write. Those are career writers.

Spelling errors.

Great writing and a plot twist that is unpredictable, and challenges the confines of the genre.

Great questions, tough to answer. I guess, I am looking for a "connection" to my subjective preferences. I often compare it to music. I hear 10 seconds of a song and decide if I listen to the whole song or move on. The same with books.

The most important thing is that the agent is transparent with the client and explains their submission strategy. #LMVOfficeHours #askagent

One sample strategy: send out submission together to give editors same shot. Follow up when there is new info or interest. #LMVOfficeHours #askagent

Absolutely, yes! I consider writers located anywhere in the world regardless of the citizenship(s) they hold. #askagent #WritingCommunity

How the baggage from your previous agent experience impacts your ability to find a new agent. #askagent bookendsliterary.com/2019/04/23/the…