Carol Plum-Ucci Success Story Interview – Body of Christopher Creed
Home » Literary Agent Blog » Page 8 During this insider interview on our literary agent blog, Carol Plum-Ucci, author of more than half a dozen young adult novels published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, in hardcover and paperback, including The Body of Christopher...
How to Overcome, Interpret, and Avoid Literary Agent Rejections
Home » Literary Agent Blog » Page 8 Literary agent rejections can be difficult to interpret and overcome. This article will help you comprehend and cope with the often-cryptic and sometimes-insensitive missives of book agents. It was inspired by an author who recently...
Literary Agents Looking for Diversity – Book Agents Seeking Diversity
Home » Literary Agent Blog » Page 8 This article has information about both “author platform” and literary agents seeking diversity. It’s a follow-up article to one I published a couple weeks ago called, Are Literary Agents and Publishers...
Erika Armstrong Success Story Interview – A Chick in the Cockpit
Home » Literary Agent Blog » Page 8 During this insider interview on our literary agent blog, Erika Armstrong, author of the memoir A Chick in the Cockpit (Behler Publications) shares her best tips for authors of all genres about how to write, publish, and/or promote...
Are Literary Agents and Publishers Prejudiced?
Home » Literary Agent Blog » Page 8 Are literary agents and publishers prejudiced? In other words, are books sometimes rejected because of an authors’ gender, age, race, politics, religion, sexual orientation, relationship status, religious beliefs, etc.? Of...
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MARK MALATESTA is a former literary agent turned author coach. Mark now helps authors of all genres (fiction, nonfiction, and children's books) get top literary agents, publishers, and book deals through his company Literary Agent Undercover and The Bestselling Author. Mark's authors have gotten six-figure book deals, been on the NYT bestseller list, and published with houses such as Random House, Scholastic, and Thomas Nelson. Click here to learn more about Mark Malatesta and click here for Reviews of Mark Malatesta.About Mark Malatesta
MARK MALATESTA is a former literary agent turned author coach. Mark now helps authors of all genres (fiction, nonfiction, and children's books) get top literary agents, publishers, and book deals through his company Literary Agent Undercover and The Bestselling Author. Mark's authors have gotten six-figure book deals, been on the NYT bestseller list, and published with houses such as Random House, Scholastic, and Thomas Nelson. Click here to learn more about Mark Malatesta and click here for Reviews of Mark Malatesta.
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