Friday, January 1, 2010

RESEARCHING AGENTS

I am often asked, how does a writer go about finding an agent. Here is a short list of sites I compiled for the SCBWI Agent Workshop I held in Bakersfield, CA last fall:

Websites for researching Agents

AgentQuery : http://www.agentquery.com/default.aspx

Absolute Write: http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/

Verla Kay’s Message Board: http://www.verlakay.com/boards/index.php

Writer’s Digest Guide to Literary Agents Blog http://www.guidetoliteraryagents.com/blog/

Literary Rambles (Agent In-Depth Reviews) http://caseylmccormick.blogspot.com/


Agent Research parts 1,2 & 3
http://caseylmccormick.blogspot.com/2009/05/researching-literary-agents-part-i.html
http://caseylmccormick.blogspot.com/2009/05/researching-literary-agents-part-ii.html
http://caseylmccormick.blogspot.com/2009/07/researching-literary-agents-part-iii.html
me: http://caseylmccormick.blogspot.com/2009/08/agent-spotlight-jill-corcoran.html

Preditors and Editors: http://www.anotherealm.com/prededitors/pubagent.htm

Lots of agent interviews, vlogs, blogs, twitters, etc all over the net. Google them and have fun researching.


Here's to all of your publishing dreams coming true!

19 comments:

Authoress said...

Agentquery is my all-time favorite! I'd also like to point out that querytracker.com is an excellent source of information, well organized. FWIW!

Shevi said...

I'm currently using agentquery.com in my search for an agent. It's wonderful! The other resources you mention are also quite helpful.

a. fortis said...

The Literary Rambles site was new to me, but the agent spotlight feature is very helpful and comprehensive. Thanks for the tips!

Medeia Sharif said...

AgentQuery was where I found my agent. It's amazing how complete strangers create resourceful websites with free information that have helped me so much in my career--that's a mouthful, but I'm just showing my gratitude.

Kristi said...

Querytracker is another awesome site -- I've been using that along w/ Agentquery and Casey's blog to compile my list. Casey's Thursday spotlights are comprehensive, fun and informative.

Donna Gambale said...

Timely post for me! Thank you so much for the links - some of them weren't on my radar, and they're going to be very useful in the coming month.

chuck.sambuchino said...

Thanks for the shout-out, Jill!

Chuck Sambuchino
www.guidetoliteraryagents.com/blog

Cynthia Leitich Smith said...

In case it's useful, I offer one of those mega collections of interview links for children's-YA agents here: http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/lit_resources/for_writers/writers_reading_list/writers_links.html

Casey McCormick said...

Thanks for linking me again, Jill! With QueryTracker and Cynsations added to the list, I think you have all my favorite research haunts.

Stacey Graham said...

I've been a moderator for two of the Absolute Write forums for years; their Bewares and Background Check forum is an excellent resource for finding out more about agents. Thanks for including it! :)

http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=22

Anonymous said...

Publishers Marketplace is also a great resource. Just $20 a month and you can see the full sales background.

Jill Corcoran said...

Publisher's Marketplace is fantastic but I know a lot of people don't want to spend the $240/year.

I signed up for PM way before I was an agent, however, I understand that $240 can buy a couple of one-day SCBWI conferences, paper, ink, etc.

Nishant said...

It's wonderful! The other resources you mention are also quite helpful.

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Tina Lynn said...

You, dear lady, are awesome!

Karen Akins said...

Wonderful post! I've been using QueryTracker, but I'll check out AgentQuery as well.

Katrina L. Lantz said...

Great list! I love Casey's Agent Spotlights and depend on them quite a bit when I'm querying.

Also, I'm a fan of querytracker, but always double-check an agent on both querytracker and agentquery. Used together, these resources are invaluable!

Martha Ramirez said...

Awesome list, Jill! Thanks. Love Casey's blog too! You guys rock:)

KO: The Insect Collector said...

thanks for posting these. Literary Rambles (Casey McCormick's blog) has been invaluable for me lately. I like to search my genre in her handy tab, then I can find if agents mentioned it in interviews.

Cortney said...

Thanks for listing these great sources! I love the interviews on Literary Rambles.

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