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Juliet Mushens @mushenska
@AnnettGordonW @callumke usually yes - can't speak for other agents/agencies #askagent@AnnettGordonW @callumke important IMO to meet potential agent(s) & ask qs re: strategy & edits before agreeing to work together #askagent
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Annette Gordon #FBPE @AnnettGordonW
@mushenska @callumke Yes but when you say you sign a writer up to you mean acutally sign a contract before submitting to publishers #sorry@AnnettGordonW @callumke usually yes - can't speak for other agents/agencies #askagent
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Amanda Kay Bartoszek @GraceBarton2065
@mushenska Would you recommend writers have their work looked at by professional/freelance editors before submitting? #askagent@GraceBarton2065 totally up to you - can be useful but also can be expensive #askagent
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Annette Gordon #FBPE @AnnettGordonW
@mushenska @callumke Do you actually give them a contract to sign before submitting to publishers?@AnnettGordonW @callumke all agencies I know of have a terms of business #askagent
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Duncan Harding @duncanharding
@mushenska do you find it difficult managing boundaries? I love the direct contact, but want to respect subbing writer boundaries #askagent@duncanharding I don't answer work qs on Twitter outside of #askagent - stick to email for professional queries
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Beverley Bannister @MrsBBannister
@mushenska Do you only consider completed manuscripts? #askagent@MrsBBannister yes - so much of a book changes as it's completed & the end should inform the beginning #askagent
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@paper_geisha it's crowded in adult fiction & dominated by American names but a fresh take can still work #askagent
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Adana K. Washington @adanawashington
Would publishers be opposed to a YA series that transitions from high fantasy to alternate history to urban fantasy? #askagent@adanawashington it totally depends on the book - Cloud Atlas is the ultimate genre mash-up but pulls it off so well #askagent
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@paper_geisha I'm afraid for the time being YA is my lower limit #askagent
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@eisen5585 depends - some authors do 2/3 others do more like 5/6! I recommend polishing a lot before submitting #askagent
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Duncan Harding @duncanharding
@mushenska do you like humour? Or should a debut novelist avoid humour on the whole? #askagent@duncanharding I like funny books but I think humour is SO subjective #askagent
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Elvin Mensah @elvinmensah
@mushenska I know The Book of Night Women is one of your fav novels, I was wondering if you read and/or enjoyed A Brief History of 7Killings@elvinmensah I did! I enjoyed it but not as much as Night Women - I tend not to love big sprawling multiple POV pieces in general #askagent
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T A Newman @TANewman_says
@mushenska is re-working a novel that didn't get picked up by #literaryagents a bad idea? #askagent@TANewman_says lots of agents not keen on looking twice at a project - but you can always try different agents #askagent
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Ben Jammin' @Singapore_Rice
@mushenska are you open to reading redrafted manuscripts you've previously rejected? #askagent@Singapore_Rice happy to see new projects by writers I have passed on though #askagent
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Duncan Harding @duncanharding
@mushenska if a project is close, but not right, should a writer move on to something new or keep refining? #askagent@duncanharding depends on specific feedback - often I think trying something new with what you have learned in mind is good #askagent