If you have a definite offer, it won't be hard to land a decent agent (though best to have done your research first, so you know who the reputable agents are...)
My old advice was always to sell a book first, and then find the agent -- because that way, you could almost be guaranteed to find the agent of your choice; very few agents will say "no" to a contract in hand.
But... if the work and the agent don't mesh, it's problematic from the start (unless you take off), so part of me is easing off of this; I'm more ambivalent.
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Date: 2004-09-15 07:53 pm (UTC)My old advice was always to sell a book first, and then find the agent -- because that way, you could almost be guaranteed to find the agent of your choice; very few agents will say "no" to a contract in hand.
But... if the work and the agent don't mesh, it's problematic from the start (unless you take off), so part of me is easing off of this; I'm more ambivalent.