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Joan Marie Verba has a physics degree, wrote novels Action Alert and Countdown to Action, nonfiction books Boldly Writing and Voyager: Exploring the Outer Planets.
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Cursed by God, hunted by demons, desired by Cain and Abel… Formerly agnostic Evangeline Hollis struggles with her new demon-killing job and celestial politics.
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Agent Etiquette
Hunting for a Literary Agent
Article by Chuck Rothman on (almost) everything you need to know about agents, including how to avoid scams.
Tags: agent, Chuck Rothman, Intermediate, Rothman, writing
Exclusives and Literary Agents
First off, definition: an exclusive means just what it sounds like. You are giving an agent the opportunity to consider your work exclusively and you are agreeing that you will not submit to another agent until you’ve heard “yea” or “nay” from that agent. Sometimes exclusives are open-ended, sometimes there’s a time period attached.
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Hunting for an Agent (with Sample Synopsis)
Author John E. Stith describes the process by which an author might acquire an agent.
Tags: Intermediate, john e. stith, stith, writing