5 “Stupid” Things That Literary Agents Say and Do
Home » Archives for Mark Malatesta » Page 378 A couple weeks ago an author on my mailing list, trying to stay afloat in a flood of rejection letters, shared an article with me that he’d written. It talked about the stupid things literary agents say and do when...
You Can’t Say That!
Home » Archives for Mark Malatesta » Page 378 Have you ever wondered what’s “legal” to include in a book? What can you say, or not say? It doesn’t matter if you’re writing fiction or nonfiction, some things are okay—others will get you in trouble. And the last thing...
Your Book Isn’t Dead
Home » Literary Agent Blog » Page 11 It takes a lotto challenge me. That’s because I’ve been in the publishing industry for more than two decades: as a writer, a literary agency owner and president, the Marketing and Licensing Manager for a well-known publisher, and...