An Agent’s Life

I am a literary agent. I’ve been doing this work for the better part of four decades. When you do something and love it for as long as I have, you gain a lot of wisdom and knowledge, but you don’t lose the drive or the shrewdness. Those things only get better. I have plenty of war stories to tell, plenty of writing tips, and plenty of knowledge about things authors want to know. You won’t find a lot of this information anywhere else. If you’re looking for The Secret, this is as close as you’re going to get. Come on in.


An Agent’s Life

WHAT IS A PLOT? THINK YOU KNOW? READ ON.

What is a plot? You think you know what a plot is, but chances are you don’t. I say that because I have seen plenty...

LIAR, LIAR

Sometimes people lie. They do it right to your face. Writers are not immune to this. Here’s a story about that. One Monday morning, an...

HOW I KNOW WHEN A MANUSCRIPT IS WORKING

After doing this work for as long as I have, I can sniff the good ones a mile away. It starts with the quality of...