"Meet my wife. She's an Agent."
Posted: December 27th, 2010, 5:36 pm
Hello Everyone,
I want to share an interesting thing that happened last night. We were at a "Boxing Day" party at the home of some long-time friends. I sat down with a nice plate of food, and a moment later a man that I'd never met sat down beside me. We exchanged pleasantries. And then he asked what I do for a living.
"I'm an artist. And a musician. And a writer..."
Ah! That's when he told me that his wife (in the other room) is a literary agent and publicist and - gasp - she handles the type of stuff I write. Would I like to meet her? He'd be happy to introduce us. Major heart attack!
So, two minutes later I am chatting with her. Her first question?
"Can you describe your book to me?" Akkk! Now is when I dredge up the "hook" and the "elevator pitch" and the short, punchy description that I am so glad I worked on several months ago. I never thought I'd end up using them in this situation, ha ha.
Her next question? "What's your audience?"
Amazingly, I had a coherent answer. She nodded. She said: "It does seem like that would be a good market." Another major heart attack!
The up-shot is that she has requested a query letter and a partial. She also said that she would pass on my name and the query (with a recommendation) to a colleague at a small publisher that specializes in work like mine.
Yippee!
Just wanted to share...
Evelyn
I want to share an interesting thing that happened last night. We were at a "Boxing Day" party at the home of some long-time friends. I sat down with a nice plate of food, and a moment later a man that I'd never met sat down beside me. We exchanged pleasantries. And then he asked what I do for a living.
"I'm an artist. And a musician. And a writer..."
Ah! That's when he told me that his wife (in the other room) is a literary agent and publicist and - gasp - she handles the type of stuff I write. Would I like to meet her? He'd be happy to introduce us. Major heart attack!
So, two minutes later I am chatting with her. Her first question?
"Can you describe your book to me?" Akkk! Now is when I dredge up the "hook" and the "elevator pitch" and the short, punchy description that I am so glad I worked on several months ago. I never thought I'd end up using them in this situation, ha ha.
Her next question? "What's your audience?"
Amazingly, I had a coherent answer. She nodded. She said: "It does seem like that would be a good market." Another major heart attack!
The up-shot is that she has requested a query letter and a partial. She also said that she would pass on my name and the query (with a recommendation) to a colleague at a small publisher that specializes in work like mine.
Yippee!
Just wanted to share...
Evelyn