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Fri Jun 27, 2008 11:30 pm
TheWordsmith says...



All right, I've written my book, a Young Adult fantasy novel, and I am at the stage where I need an agent. Only problem is, I've researched and researched and still have not come up with one person I would trust with my work. So, does anyone have any idea who a good agent would be? Or anyplace, online or book, that I could research this subject more thoroughly?
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Sat Jun 28, 2008 5:35 am
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I'm nowhere near sending in my work to an agent; but one thing that I've been told by many people is that you should send your finished work to more then one agent.
Cause there is the chance the if and when you find a agent you trust or want to sent to might not be looking for your type of novel. So my advice would be send it to at least three different agents or more if needed.
But that's just what I've been told.


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Sat Jun 28, 2008 6:05 pm
Medusa says...



agentquery.com is the best place to go.

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I'm nowhere near sending in my work to an agent; but one thing that I've been told by many people is that you should send your finished work to more then one agent.
Cause there is the chance the if and when you find a agent you trust or want to sent to might not be looking for your type of novel. So my advice would be send it to at least three different agents or more if needed.
But that's just what I've been told.


Sometimes it' s a bit tricky. Yes, try out a few agents. But my advice is to not send them all out at the same time- or tell them that you did simultaneous submissions. Get Writer's Digest; they feature agents in every issue and it's really cool to see all the people out there.
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Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:29 pm
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Thanks, guys, you really helped.
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Tue Jul 15, 2008 10:22 pm
Gahks says...



Get The Writers' and Artists' Yearbook. It's mostly written for British authors, but if you are foreign, you may well find some useful contacts. Any edition is great, but preferably a recent one. There may even be one in your local library!

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Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:43 pm
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PerforatedxHearts wrote:
I'm nowhere near sending in my work to an agent; but one thing that I've been told by many people is that you should send your finished work to more then one agent.
Cause there is the chance the if and when you find a agent you trust or want to sent to might not be looking for your type of novel. So my advice would be send it to at least three different agents or more if needed.
But that's just what I've been told.


Sometimes it' s a bit tricky. Yes, try out a few agents. But my advice is to not send them all out at the same time- or tell them that you did simultaneous submissions. Get Writer's Digest; they feature agents in every issue and it's really cool to see all the people out there.




Okay, completely forget what PerforatedxHearts just said. Well, about the mulitple submissions anyway. Almost any agent is perfectly okay with multiple submission queries but you must absolutely tell them that it is a mulitple submission peice. This is knowledge that is valuable to the agent when considering you as a client.
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