Announcement
Jodi has an agent.
http://jmeadows.livejournal.com/ 745925.html
Our very own Jodi Meadows, Days in the Life mod, ferret wrangler, extreme knitter*, flautist, eater-of-chocolate and, lately, shoveller-of-snow . . . and writer of stories, has just accepted the offer of representation from a literary agent.
YAAAAAAY.
Back in my day it wasn’t absolutely required to have an agent, although it was generally considered a good idea. In my case Harper & Row, as it then was, took BEAUTY before I had an agent. My first novel was plucked off the slush pile. Yes. But that was over thirty years ago. Times have changed a lot.
In the present day you pretty well do need to have an agent. I don’t know if there are any commercial publishers who will look at unsoliciteds any more. But certainly if you want a crack at the Big Six you have to have an agent. And it’s going to be hard to be taken seriously even by the little independent houses if you haven’t got an agent.
Jodi wants to get published. Jodi needs an agent.
Jodi has an agent.
Did I say YAAAAAAY?
YAAAAAAY.**
Chocolate, confetti, flying ferrets, dazzle, sparkle, glitter and applause***: Go Jodi.
* * *
* ‘extreme’ in this case means she also spins and we have the guest blogs to prove it
** I never squee, of course. I’m too old. SQUEEEEEEEE.
*** Partly because I never saw anything so calm and understated as the brief announcement on her blog. THIS IS CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION. SOMEBODY NEEDS TO ACT LIKE IT.^ Eeesh.
^ Repeat after me: YAAAAAAAAY.
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