![]() ![]() ![]() In many instances, though, I do not provide the name of my agent or editor I can tell from the conversation (or from a later scanning of the manuscript) that the callers are unrealistic either about their writing skills, their subject matter, the difficulties of getting published - or all of the above. I always listen, I always try to be polite. The callers figure if not-at-all-famous Weinberg in the middle of Missouri, for God's sake, can break through, certainly he can help them doas much. ![]() So, they ask, will you help me find a literary agent who will sell my manuscript to a publisher? Or, they ask, will you help me find a publisher directly, leaving the agent (and the agent's 15 percent commission) out of this?Ĭurrently, I am writing my seventh nonfiction book, for my sixth publisher. My callers are certain they have something interesting and important to say that publishers will pay to print. Since becoming the author of my first published book in 1978, I have received inquiries more or less weekly from print and broadcast journalist about how to secure a book contract. THE FOREST FOR THE TREES: AN EDITOR'S ADVICE TO WRITERS BY BETSY LERNER. ![]()
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