How Do You Find A Good Literary Agent?
Finding a good literary agent can be a challenging process. If your writing is ready to move to the next step in traditional publishing, then finding a good literary agent will be the key to your success. A literary agent will look at your manuscript or proposal and help you shape and edit it until it’s ready for the market. Agents know what is selling and who is buying what. They have established relationships with recognized publishers and can get your manuscript directly into the right hands–since most large publishers won’t look at unagented submissions. Make sure your writing is superb. Don’t bother agents with manuscripts that are littered with typos or worse. Have a friend or associate who is good with grammar (but doesn’t consider themselves a writer) help you revise your manuscript. Print the manuscript out on a heavyweight paper and box it for your first shipment to protect it. Find five or 10 books that are similar in writing style and topic to yours. Look at the acknowledg
