Comments on: Get Published, Part 8 – Put On Your Selling Shoes http://storyfix.com/get-published-part-8-%e2%80%93-put-on-your-selling-shoes Novel Writing Tips & Fundamentals - Storyfix.com Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:34:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Lindsay http://storyfix.com/get-published-part-8-%e2%80%93-put-on-your-selling-shoes/comment-page-1#comment-2031 Lindsay Wed, 06 Jan 2010 10:04:17 +0000 http://storyfix.com/?p=1891#comment-2031 I found your site via your guest post on Copyblogger. Congratulations on having your book picked up! Your post here is a little depressing for us introverts (go to a writers' conference and speak to real live people, cringe!), but not surprising. Success in any industry does seem to be, alas, all about networking. I found your site via your guest post on Copyblogger. Congratulations on having your book picked up!

Your post here is a little depressing for us introverts (go to a writers’ conference and speak to real live people, cringe!), but not surprising. Success in any industry does seem to be, alas, all about networking.

]]> By: Lori Hoeck http://storyfix.com/get-published-part-8-%e2%80%93-put-on-your-selling-shoes/comment-page-1#comment-2024 Lori Hoeck Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:12:31 +0000 http://storyfix.com/?p=1891#comment-2024 Found your site via post at Copyblogger.com. Good stuff, and thanks. I can't help but think of the process as something akin to competing on American Idol. Found your site via post at Copyblogger.com. Good stuff, and thanks.

I can’t help but think of the process as something akin to competing on American Idol.

]]> By: Dee Yoder http://storyfix.com/get-published-part-8-%e2%80%93-put-on-your-selling-shoes/comment-page-1#comment-2016 Dee Yoder Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:31:44 +0000 http://storyfix.com/?p=1891#comment-2016 I'm new to this, so finding your site is a great help. I like the concise advice you give. Your website is going on my blog list. Thanks! I’m new to this, so finding your site is a great help. I like the concise advice you give. Your website is going on my blog list. Thanks!

]]> By: J.Morgan http://storyfix.com/get-published-part-8-%e2%80%93-put-on-your-selling-shoes/comment-page-1#comment-2015 J.Morgan Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:20:10 +0000 http://storyfix.com/?p=1891#comment-2015 It's not just landing an agent...it's landing a good one, with a reputation. But then you could take a chance on an agent that is working his or her way to the top. Sometimes they are more inclined to listen. Because they, like you, are trying to make it big. My biggest problem before I got my agent was the synopsis. I don't know why it was so hard for me and I still have trouble with condensing my story down to only a fraction of what it was and still have it reach the one reading it. My soft area I suppose. It's something I work on constantly. Although I already landed my agent Larry. I really enjoyed this post. I'm looking forward to the next one. It’s not just landing an agent…it’s landing a good one, with a reputation. But then you could take a chance on an agent that is working his or her way to the top. Sometimes they are more inclined to listen. Because they, like you, are trying to make it big.

My biggest problem before I got my agent was the synopsis. I don’t know why it was so hard for me and I still have trouble with condensing my story down to only a fraction of what it was and still have it reach the one reading it. My soft area I suppose. It’s something I work on constantly.

Although I already landed my agent Larry. I really enjoyed this post. I’m looking forward to the next one.

]]> By: Bryce http://storyfix.com/get-published-part-8-%e2%80%93-put-on-your-selling-shoes/comment-page-1#comment-2013 Bryce Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:48:10 +0000 http://storyfix.com/?p=1891#comment-2013 What gets me is how many writers think this system is unfair. But how else are they (the agents) supposed to do it? They get a ton of queries, they hear a ton of pitches. I'm sure they even get way more than enough good pitches. So when they have to make a choice between a bunch of great books, of course they're going pick one from somebody they know. What gets me is how many writers think this system is unfair. But how else are they (the agents) supposed to do it? They get a ton of queries, they hear a ton of pitches. I’m sure they even get way more than enough good pitches. So when they have to make a choice between a bunch of great books, of course they’re going pick one from somebody they know.

]]> By: Glenna Fairbanks http://storyfix.com/get-published-part-8-%e2%80%93-put-on-your-selling-shoes/comment-page-1#comment-2011 Glenna Fairbanks Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:11:15 +0000 http://storyfix.com/?p=1891#comment-2011 My experience with pitching to agents at writers' conferences is that many will ask the writers to send a synopsis or the first X number of pages automatically if they are in the genre field that the writer writes. And then later (maybe months later), the writer will receive the generic "Thanks but..." letter. I've heard this from so many other writers that I'm inclined to think a lot of agents who attend these conferences just go for the expense-paid trip to some nice place (or are the new kid in the agency and go for their own experience). My experience with pitching to agents at writers’ conferences is that many will ask the writers to send a synopsis or the first X number of pages automatically if they are in the genre field that the writer writes. And then later (maybe months later), the writer will receive the generic “Thanks but…” letter. I’ve heard this from so many other writers that I’m inclined to think a lot of agents who attend these conferences just go for the expense-paid trip to some nice place (or are the new kid in the agency and go for their own experience).

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