Literary Agents
My writer’s group is called the Finisher’s Club, and we are devoted to seeing works through to the end. To that end, we do from time to time talk about finding agents, and I do a bit of research looking for advice. How could I miss the Guide to Literary Agents blog? Here you will find a list of real life pet peeves as told by agents looking over chapter 1s. It spans a second page, so be sure to click over. In a separate experiment, the 7 most common reasons people stop reading a book were explored: an actress read out of randomly chosen books and panelists were asked to put up their hands when they’d have stopped reading. Afterward, the reasons were discussed and handily summarized here, for your ease.
The site is full of useful articles regarding submissions and getting published, and I will have to explore it more thoroughly.
Cheers!
