“My agent pointed out one day that I had been quoted by a columnist in some American newspaper, and he noted with some glee that they simply identified me by name without reminding people who I was, apparently in the clear expectation that their readers would know who I am.” PeopleKnowsNamesClearReaderOne DayExpectationsNewspapersWho I AmAgentsRemindingGleeColumnists Author:Terry Pratchett
“Write what you want to read. So many people think they need to write a particular kind of book, or imitate a successful style, in order to be published. I've known people who felt they had to model their book on existing blockbusters, or write in a genre that's supposed to be "hot right now" in order to get agents and publishers interested. But if you're writing in a genre you don't like, or modeling yourself on a book you don't respect, it'll show through. You're your first, most important reader, so write the book that reader really wants to read.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantNeedsWritingFirstsKindImportantBookShowsOrderFeltKnownSuccessfulStyleParticularReaderRight NowModelsHotWhat You WantAgentsSupposed To BeGenrePublishersModelingBlockbuster Author:Cassandra Clare
“A powerful agent is the right word: it lights the reader's way and makes it plain.” WayLightPowerfulReaderAgentsRight Words Book:Mark Twain's Essays: Top Essays Source: Mark Twain's Essays: Top Essays
“Agents of disruption, subversion, sabotage and disinformation tunnelers and smugglers, listeners and forgers, trainers and recruiters and talent spotters and couriers and watchers and seducers, assassins and balloonists, lip readers and disguise artists.” ArtistTalentReaderLipsAgentsDisguiseListenersDisruptionTrainersAssassinsSabotageWatchersSubversionSmugglers Author:John le Carre
“The good agent probably is not the reader, he's just the guy who can put together a deal.” TogetherGuyDealsReaderAgents Author:Rod Serling
“I was simply writing out our family stories in my online journal, scratching out what I want to remember, what I was wrestling out with God. Unbeknownst to me, two readers of the posts, both published authors, contacted their agent, Bill Jensen, within 24 hours of each other, encouraging him to drop me a line. Which he did.” WantWritingTwoStoriesRememberHoursLinesReaderBillsAgentsPostsOur FamilyOnlineWrestlingJournal Author:Ann Voskamp
“Of course, we [ with Edward Herman] have a purpose: namely, to encourage readers to undertake what might be called "a course in intellectual self-defense," and to suggest ways to proceed; in other words, to help people undermine the dedicated efforts to "manufacture consent" and to turn them into passive objects rather than agents who control their own fate.” PeopleWaySelfHelpingMightPurposeTurnsCoursesEffortFateObjectsReaderIntellectualDefenseAgentsDedicatedPassiveConsentSelf Defense Author:Noam Chomsky
“Unbeknownst to me, two readers of the posts, both published authors, contacted their agent, Bill Jensen, within 24 hours of each other, encouraging him to drop me a line. Which he did. He shared his extensive publishing background with me, and prayerfully offered to work out a proposal and to see if God opened any publishing doors? I never get over the unexpected ways of God.” IfsWayTwoHoursLinesDoorsReaderBillsWork OutBackgroundsAgentsPostsUnexpectedPublishingGet OverProposal Author:Ann Voskamp