Comments on: The etiquette of submitting to an agent http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/07/the-etiquette-of-submitting-to-an-agent/ Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:15:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.15 By: Anonymous http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/07/the-etiquette-of-submitting-to-an-agent/comment-page-1/#comment-14994 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:40:19 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/07/the-etiquette-of-submitting-to-an-agent/#comment-14994 I have a question about the agent process. Lets say that you are an agent that works in a respected agency, and you have a manuscript in your hands that you are seriously considering. Does the agent of that agency decide alone to take on that client, or must that agent first confer with others in the agency before taking on that project/client? And when the agent gets a percentage, what does the agency itself get?

]]> By: Kristi http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/07/the-etiquette-of-submitting-to-an-agent/comment-page-1/#comment-14982 Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:02:38 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/07/the-etiquette-of-submitting-to-an-agent/#comment-14982 Wow, I wrote a comic piece on my blog interviewing a “Seeker of Agent / Publisher” aka SAP, but it’s *honestly* intended as bawdy humour, as I think is evident. (Note to self: Notify all the helpful agents’ blogs I linked to, like this one, so they won’t crucify me!)
I, for one, am grateful any agent would put their neck out to tell us what they think when reading 10,000 plus queries a year. Writers can use it or not. Ultimately the written word must sell itself.

]]> By: ATP http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/07/the-etiquette-of-submitting-to-an-agent/comment-page-1/#comment-14907 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:30:23 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/07/the-etiquette-of-submitting-to-an-agent/#comment-14907 Wow. This blog generated some emotions, I see. To those frustrated writers who are so, so tired of being rejected and therefore chose to vent here, I'll just say that I've had good experiences dealing with Dystel & Goderich. They are prompt, kind, and encouraging. This is exceedingly rare among publishers and agents, but I have found it here at this one agency.

]]> By: BJ http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/07/the-etiquette-of-submitting-to-an-agent/comment-page-1/#comment-14898 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:32:18 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/07/the-etiquette-of-submitting-to-an-agent/#comment-14898 Professionalism is important in any profession, be it business, finance, or publishing.

Professionalism includes honesty in one's business deals, proper etiquette, and common sense.

Why should writers act in a professional manner? Because no one — no agent, no editor, no one — wants to begin a working relationship with someone who isn't professional.

A good article.

]]> By: Kathryn Lang http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/07/the-etiquette-of-submitting-to-an-agent/comment-page-1/#comment-14897 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:37:19 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/07/the-etiquette-of-submitting-to-an-agent/#comment-14897 Thanks for taking the time to put this list together. Etiquette carries a lot of credence in the life of this southern girl ;).

The comments that you have been getting are just as enlightening and you need to know that there are writers out there that appreciate the effort and time agents put into what they are doing.

]]> By: Natural http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/07/the-etiquette-of-submitting-to-an-agent/comment-page-1/#comment-14895 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:57:20 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/07/the-etiquette-of-submitting-to-an-agent/#comment-14895 I just read a similar list on your website and I'm going to read it carefully and DGLM will be my first submission. Often times, publishers are not clear in what they are looking for, so knowing this information is helpful. We're all eager to get someone to read our work and it's nice to know how to proceed.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/07/the-etiquette-of-submitting-to-an-agent/comment-page-1/#comment-14891 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:57:49 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/07/the-etiquette-of-submitting-to-an-agent/#comment-14891 – If you have had books previously published, give us the title, publisher and year of publication.

Why, SO YOU CAN LOOK UP HOW MANY SALES I MADE AND BAES ACCEPTANCE ON THAT RAATHER THAN THE WORK?!?!?!? I DON"T THINK SO!!!!!

]]> By: tbrosz http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/07/the-etiquette-of-submitting-to-an-agent/comment-page-1/#comment-14889 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:55:55 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/07/the-etiquette-of-submitting-to-an-agent/#comment-14889 "A pass from one agent will be a pass from the agency as a whole…"

This is often true, but maybe not always. Some agencies will instruct you to "query only one agent at a time," which seems to imply that you can sequentially query more than one.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/07/the-etiquette-of-submitting-to-an-agent/comment-page-1/#comment-14886 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 07:28:09 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/07/the-etiquette-of-submitting-to-an-agent/#comment-14886 It's Jane Dystel's agency and she can run it however she wants.

All that we, the unpublished writers, can do is look on – sometimes blinking in disbelief.

The English agent, Ed Victor, attended a conference for writers a number of years ago, and gave a short speech, at the end of which there was a brief question and answer period.

A young, unpublished, male writer, who had been living in poverty for nearly a decade in order to teach himself how to write fiction, asked Mr. Victor how he chose his clients, and Mr. Victor responded that he would often meet people randomly at dinner parties, or through friends, and then help them to get their work published – but only if he knew them.

The young writer asked, well what if I don't know you then?

And Mr. Victor responded with a smile: "Then you don't get published."

]]> By: Louise http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/07/the-etiquette-of-submitting-to-an-agent/comment-page-1/#comment-14885 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 05:21:37 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/07/the-etiquette-of-submitting-to-an-agent/#comment-14885 So glad I'm a writer and not an agent. That just sounds so much like work.

Like fun? Got no time to read?Follow my two-month twitter tale from August 1.
There be pirates.
http://twitter.com/Louise_Curtis_

]]>