#okscbwichat I'm sorry to hear that, and I understand what you are saying. We give a lot of mixed messages and signals. We all have different opinions and strengths and it can get chaotic.

I like your approach.

I don't care unless you are a fascist. My grandfather would NEVER have allowed me to work with a fascist, a Nazi, or a Nazi sympathizer. I respect my grandpa more than anyone ever in my life, so there is that.

#okscbwichat I can only invest the time to do small edits these days. I'm looking for work that is at least 90% ready to go. I am looking for work that I think the world needs to see and If it needs extra help I will put in the time, but that isn't my usual.

#okscbwichat I think the biggest issue I have is when I don't have a person to connect with I will stop. I will stop at bad grammar or unpolished work. My biggest pet peeve is the misuse of the word literally. It's fine for a YA character to use it in conversation, otherwise, NO

#okscbwichat I fall in love with characters, even in kid lit. I have to be rooting for the character to win or learn or whatever. I want that character to feel real.

For nonfiction, the platform has to be huge. For fiction, nobody should care. Sooo, it depends if your project is fiction or nonfiction.

#okscbwichat I'm a cheerleader, I'm a very involved agent who not only wants my clients to succeed but I want them to be happy and fulfilled at the end of the day. Writing is HARD and all the rest of it shouldn't be so hard. I try to take the sting out of the industry.

#okscbwichat Yes, I have been telling authors for a couple of years to either age it up or age it down. The story remains the same, but publishers look at it as opening up a wider market.

#okscbwichat It is a difficult balance, I prioritize agenting mostly. Patty is the driver of our writing.

As long as she didn't explain WHY she changed her mind, I would ignore her. If the emails seem to be random, disconnected emails, not mentioning the first one, she either has memory issues OR she is hopping on a trend. Either way she doesn't really seem to care about your work.

Hi Jennifer, #okscbwichat I do have authors that write in both BUT... It is recommend that you write at least 7 books in one genre before you try to cross over. It also depends on the genre, DON'T write erotica and kid-lit!

#okscbwichat I'm not sure I would call it a failed experiment. But I think the industry was banking on the success of readers in their 20's and early 30's staying in the market and buying ebooks. The market has changed and moved on to audio books and podcasts

#okscbwichat So I started interning and eventually became an agent. Now more than half of my clients are in kid-lit

#okscbwichat @litbeing. I'm a published co-author of a YA novel. The more I learned about the industry the more I loved it I knew I want to help writers achieve their goals and make their publishing dreams come true.

I am not sure I understand your question. You query first, and then if you get interest, you will send the proposal and sample.

#okscbwichat Hello I'm Amy Brewer I'm a senior literary agent with @MetamorphLitAg. I rep a wide range of books from picture to romance.

IF they don't do IRL what they claimed to do during the call, fire them and get a new agent who does what they say they will do.

I hope you will get multiple offers. Talk to ALL of them, ask them any question you want. Ask them how many clients they have, how quickly they respond to your emails once you are a client. Decide who YOU like the most, don't worry about their sales. Then pick THE one...

A reminder while I’m on maternity leave: if you’re looking for #askagent advice I have hours of Q&A content on my IG highlights.

Here’s a direct link to my latest session from last week: instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2h0…