10 Reasons Why You Need a Literary Agent
So you’ve a written a thing. It should really be a book, a real one, with covers and everything. You’d love to have it published, see it in the shops, show it to your mum. You’re pretty sure that to make all that happen, you need a publisher. But do you really need a literary agent too?
Offers from publishers
Right now I have written offers from six different publishers (so far). Yes, six. Yes, all of them well-known publishing houses. I know, I’m gobsmacked too. I’ve spent the last few weeks talking with each of them, on the phone and face-to-face – wonderful and lengthy conversations about writing, editing, history and Elizabeth Macarthur. I…
How to get your writing read by a publisher (or seven)
It’s really easy. All you have to do is spend 2-10 years writing, refining and rewriting your work. Then apply for a place in the ACT Writers Centre’s HARDCOPY Program for emerging writers. Then, if you are among the 30 or so people accepted, find the cash to pay for the course as well as…