Carol Plum-Ucci Success Story Interview – Body of Christopher Creed
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 Creed, shares advice for authors of all...
How to Overcome, Interpret, and Avoid Literary Agent Rejections
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 posted the following comment on one...
Literary Agents Looking for Diversity – Book Agents Seeking Diversity
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 Prejudiced? After I posted the original...
Erika Armstrong Success Story Interview – A Chick in the Cockpit
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 a book. During this special...
Are Literary Agents and Publishers Prejudiced?
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 course, but it’s not as often as...
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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.