Comments on: How Do You Become an Agent? https://rachellegardner.com/how-do-you-become-an-agent/ Literary Agent Tue, 13 May 2025 22:21:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: bathroom shower tiles https://rachellegardner.com/how-do-you-become-an-agent/#comment-217660 Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:25:55 +0000 http://rachellegardner.flywheelsites.com/2009/05/how-do-you-become-an-agent/#comment-217660 Great website…

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]]> By: Cathy York https://rachellegardner.com/how-do-you-become-an-agent/#comment-11747 Fri, 29 May 2009 09:19:49 +0000 http://rachellegardner.flywheelsites.com/2009/05/how-do-you-become-an-agent/#comment-11747 >Yes, your assistant definitely thinks it’s a cool gig!

]]> By: Rachelle https://rachellegardner.com/how-do-you-become-an-agent/#comment-11745 Fri, 29 May 2009 02:35:15 +0000 http://rachellegardner.flywheelsites.com/2009/05/how-do-you-become-an-agent/#comment-11745 >Anita, we have an assistant in our office. I guess I’ll have to ask her if she thinks it’s a cool gig. 🙂

]]> By: Anita https://rachellegardner.com/how-do-you-become-an-agent/#comment-11743 Fri, 29 May 2009 02:09:00 +0000 http://rachellegardner.flywheelsites.com/2009/05/how-do-you-become-an-agent/#comment-11743 >Yeah, I get the whole where the $ comes from thing (I know you’re not charging for query reading, Thank God)…I just mean working FOR an agent and reading the queries sent to them. I know not every agent has people who do that kind of work, but it would be a cool gig.

]]> By: Sharon A. Lavy https://rachellegardner.com/how-do-you-become-an-agent/#comment-11741 Thu, 28 May 2009 23:00:29 +0000 http://rachellegardner.flywheelsites.com/2009/05/how-do-you-become-an-agent/#comment-11741 >Thank you once again Rachelle.

]]> By: Lenore Buth at www.awomansview.typepad.com https://rachellegardner.com/how-do-you-become-an-agent/#comment-11737 Thu, 28 May 2009 17:48:33 +0000 http://rachellegardner.flywheelsites.com/2009/05/how-do-you-become-an-agent/#comment-11737 >Rachelle, you set a high standard for yourself. Obviously, your list sets out how you seek to operate. (Insert applause here.)

This spells out what already comes through in your blog posts. Thanks for being so transparent and “real.”

]]> By: Anne L.B. https://rachellegardner.com/how-do-you-become-an-agent/#comment-11736 Thu, 28 May 2009 17:46:57 +0000 http://rachellegardner.flywheelsites.com/2009/05/how-do-you-become-an-agent/#comment-11736 >Katy, Timothy and Richard, I am ROTFL right now. (My kids are just rolling their eyes.)

Richard, the agent living in Colorado is definitely an advantage if it gives a client an excuse to visit the agent.

]]> By: Chatty Kelly https://rachellegardner.com/how-do-you-become-an-agent/#comment-11735 Thu, 28 May 2009 17:27:56 +0000 http://rachellegardner.flywheelsites.com/2009/05/how-do-you-become-an-agent/#comment-11735 >Jason/Rachelle/All –
I just read the other day about how Nicholas Sparks signed his agent. If you haven’t read it, it is a must read. She was a 27 yr old new agent who hadn’t sold a thing. It is a GREAT story on his web site.

http://www.nicholassparks.com/WritersCorner/MyAgent.html

]]> By: Rachelle https://rachellegardner.com/how-do-you-become-an-agent/#comment-11733 Thu, 28 May 2009 16:47:19 +0000 http://rachellegardner.flywheelsites.com/2009/05/how-do-you-become-an-agent/#comment-11733 >Will,
Many agents don’t belong to AAR but still follow their ethical guidelines. I blogged about that here:

http://cba-ramblings.blogspot.com/2009/04/10-things-to-expect-from-agent.html

I’m not eligible for AAR yet, having not been an agent for the minimum 2 years.

]]> By: Rachelle https://rachellegardner.com/how-do-you-become-an-agent/#comment-11732 Thu, 28 May 2009 16:44:51 +0000 http://rachellegardner.flywheelsites.com/2009/05/how-do-you-become-an-agent/#comment-11732 >Great comments here! Some of the “requirements” seem a bit difficult for any actual human to live up to, but I guess if we were listing “qualifications” for any job, it would sound the same.

Jason, I didn’t think you were rude at all. Sally, I appreciate your thoughts also.

For the record, while everyone knows the kind of agent I am (the partner-editor-talk-you-off-the-ledge kind), I see my most important job as twofold: (1) sell your books, and (2) help you navigate the entire publishing process. However I can best accomplish those two things is what I try to do, and each client requires something a bit different.

Anita, reading queries and manuscripts sounds like a really cool way to make a few bucks… but the truth is, we don’t make money from reading them. Only from selling them! Bummer, huh.

Richard, your list is lovely and well-put. But intimidating! Hope you don’t hold me to those standards. 🙂

]]> By: Will Entrekin https://rachellegardner.com/how-do-you-become-an-agent/#comment-11731 Thu, 28 May 2009 16:44:18 +0000 http://rachellegardner.flywheelsites.com/2009/05/how-do-you-become-an-agent/#comment-11731 >”There is no licensing board, there are no industry-wide certifications, no standard agreed-upon set of criteria that qualifies one to be a literary agent (or author’s representative, as we are more formally known). There is no test. There is no one handing out a Bachelor of Arts in the Literary Discipline of Agenting.”

Well, no, but what about the AAR? It’s not really accreditation or certification, but it is an agreed-upon set of guidelines that members of AAR adhere to, no? I’m not saying no AAR is a deal-breaker for querying, of course, not in this day and age, especially, but I would certainly consider it in choosing whom to query.

]]> By: Peter P https://rachellegardner.com/how-do-you-become-an-agent/#comment-11730 Thu, 28 May 2009 16:40:12 +0000 http://rachellegardner.flywheelsites.com/2009/05/how-do-you-become-an-agent/#comment-11730 >Great post Rachelle!

So, in your own opinion, how do you measure up?

Do you fit the criteria?

I’m guessing you do!

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