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Joanne Machin is querying! @heyjomachin
Any quick tips for assessing and improving pacing in a ms? :) #askagentRead SAVE THE CAT, and try reading it on your Kindle. Also @NaomisLitPix has a great link she shared with me once on this so I am tagging her in #askagent
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Ally Johnson @AllyJohnson2019
@AgentJessicaA @WriterRowland Hi! Not sure if personally directed questions are allowed... Are you still open to receiving category romance aimed at specific lines? TIA. *crosses fingers* #AskAgentAbsolutely! I love category romance. #askagent
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Chad & Dad Richardson @ChadandDadRich
How do you expect the slow down in the economy to impact the publishing industry? Do you think it will slow things down significantly? #askagentI mean we are all kind of stressed and some have admitted to having a hard time focusing, but people need books. And we need queries. So BookEnds is moving like normal. Will we see things effected, yes, but we work 2 years in the future, so we need to work for 2022. #askagent
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Jessica Alvarez @AgentJessicaA
@WriterRowland Yep. Once an editor, always an editor. #AskAgenthahahaha this! So much this! #askagent
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nicole bea @nicolebeawrites
If an author has multiple completed manuscripts ready to query, would you recommend they send them to one agent, one at a time, or is there a different process that author should follow such as simply indicating in their query letter they have other projects? #askagentCast a wide net. Query a handful of agents at once with your manuscript. You want to have your pick of multiple offering agents, if possible! You can query more than one project, too, and if you get an offer, let the other agents know you have an offer on a diff proj. #askagent
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Juli 💖💜💙 @juli_writes
#AskAgent @bookendslitWhat are you currently reading and loving right now (all genres)?
I'm reading Evie Dunmore's BRINGING DOWN THE DUKE and loving it! #askagent
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Charles Richardson @CharlesR1981
@jmcgowanbks @mtnbikechic @bookendslit Are non-fiction picture books queried?Yep, same as any other pbs! No difference #AskAgent
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Juli 💖💜💙 @juli_writes
#AskAgent @bookendslitWhat are you currently reading and loving right now (all genres)?
I just finished A Woman is No Man and absolutely loved it. #askagent
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Joanna @WriterRowland
Would you say you are editorial as an agent? #askagentYep. Once an editor, always an editor. #AskAgent
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aobooks🇳🇬♦️🇺🇸 @aobooks__
@NaomisLitPix #askagent is #dvpit a thing for you that you think is a good idea for authors??I think all pitching contests are great. I don't always participate in every single one, because there are a lot! I do participate in #dvpit when I can! That said, I get way more clients from queries than pitch contests. #askagent
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Joanne Machin is querying! @heyjomachin
I *think* I have a basic understanding of it as a writer—but I’d love additional input. “Voice” has been so huge in everything I read re:pub. What is your best answer to what exactly is “voice?” #AskAgentVoice is so nebulous, especially in terms of what we all react to and are looking for. For me, it's how you craft your manuscript—the dialogue, the description, etc. The tone and the sorts of emotion you can evoke in me. #AskAgent
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Joanne Machin is querying! @heyjomachin
I *think* I have a basic understanding of it as a writer—but I’d love additional input. “Voice” has been so huge in everything I read re:pub. What is your best answer to what exactly is “voice?” #AskAgentVoice is so important and so hard to explain, but what is it about your writing, the way you tell a story, that is unique to you. Lots of authors write horror, but who has a voice like Stephen King? Who else writes dialogue like Elmore Leonard? #askagent
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Joanne Machin is querying! @heyjomachin
I *think* I have a basic understanding of it as a writer—but I’d love additional input. “Voice” has been so huge in everything I read re:pub. What is your best answer to what exactly is “voice?” #AskAgentIt's your writing style. It can vary from genre to genre or character from character, but there will always be little quirks to your writing that readers fall in love with. Kind of like how no one has your handwriting but you. #askagent
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Adam Blackman @Adamdblackman
#AskAgent Does BookEnds plan on offering internships in the near future? And are you open to career-changers (meaning NOT fresh out of school as your web site lists)?We have no plan as of right now to open, but I've often said the best people come when I wasn't looking. And I'm open to interns/workers of any agent. #askagent
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Carrie Ann is now Ann C. Orlandi @Writer_Carrie
@bookendslit If an author isA. Slower to write (a book takes about a year)
And
B. Only has manuscripts in a tough-to-sell market (ya fantasy)
Is it worth using the next year to jump into a new genre or age group? Or will the market change? #askagent
I think you risk trying to jump on a "wave" too late. The market changes so much in a year. YA fantasy is hard, but then so is YA contemporary, both are crowded. Yet both still have new deals post in PM! #askagent
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Andy Jewett @andyjewett
Last one from me... maybe. For graphic novels do you want a completed script along with rough art/finished art... or are you looking for more of a pitch package? @bookendslit #askagentIf you are previously published in comics, I'm more open to a pitch packet because I know you can finish a project. If you're a debut, I want to see a lot more of finished art/script. #AskAgent