Submissions: Agents & Editors

After you've found a few agents, check for their likes, dislikes and response times at Agent Query and Publishers Marketplace and read as many interviews and articles as you can. Google their clients and check out their work.

Query Tracker is also another great source of information about agents and publishers and offers a way to track your queries.

Agent Query Connect A huge online community where you ask questions and get answers.

MSWL - agents post their manuscript wish lists using the hashtag #MSWL on Twitter which are aggregated on this website

How to Research Literary Agents and Publishers Before Sending Materials

Agent Research 101: Mining Deal Data

The Straight Dope on Publisher's Marketplace

Advanced Tips for Querying Agents

Some cautionary posts (do your homework):

New Literary Agents: 5 Questions to Ask Before Querying a Newbie

Agents Wave the Red Flags

Bad Agent

8 Ways to Know if You Have a Good Agent

Writer's Beware: Agents

Knowing When to Walk Away from a Publishing Deal

When Agents Wave the Red Flag

10 Things We Hate About Agents (and 10 Things They Hate About Us)

The Impersonation Game

9 Don'ts When Querying Agents

A New "Beware": Scammers Impersonating Reputable Literary Agents

Step 5: Query Your Preferred Agents

How do you write a query? Go to our Query Letters section for a long list of resources and articles

Agent Tips: From Querying to Accepting an Offer

A Guide to Literary Agent Etiquette

Tracking Your Queries

Exclusive Submissions or Simultaneous Submissions?

The Best Way To Query Your Book | Successful Query Strategy (video)

Step 6: Submit Your Best Work

Submission Tip Checklist: Double Check These 16 Things Before Sending Your Book Out

Picture Book Submissions- Art Notes/Text

Agent Monday: Twenty Turns Offs

The Acquisition Process

A Guide to Literary Agent Etiquette

Agent Research 101: Mining Deal Data

What an Agent Does & Does Not Do

How Do You Know If Your Agent Is Any Good?

The Rules of Re-Querying

Submissions 101: Tracking Queries

Step 7: Follow Up/ Patience

5 Things to Do When You Haven't Heard Back from an Editor or Agent: The Art of Following Up

Would You Please Quit Assuming Stuff Already?

Response Times, Guest Post by Juliet Mushens

How Publishers Make Decisions About What to Publish: The Book P&L

Going on Sub (What Happens when an Agent Submits Your Work)

Exclusive Requests from Literary Agents--What Are They and How do They Work?

When "I Have an Offer" is a Red Flag

Somewhere Between Yes and No: R&Rs

How to Nudge an Agent Who Has Your Full MS

7a: Rejections

What Silence in Publishing Really Means

Why Don't Agents Explain their Rejections

Rejecting Submissions is the Worst Part of the Job

Beneath the Ice: A Literary Agent Discusses Rejection

What Does "I Didn't Fall in Love with It" Mean?

Rejections in Tough Times

Pulling the Plug on Querying Agents?

"Can't Connect" Rejections?

When to Reject Rejection

Step 8: Take the Call

The CALL- What do you do when you get it? Find the answers at Casey McCormick's site, Literary Rambles

Beyond the Basic Questions for the Agent's Call

What to Do Before & After “THE CALL” from an Offering Literary Agent

Questions to Ask Your Prospective Agent

All About the Offer Etiquette (And How to get a Fast Pass!)

5 Things Writers Should Ask Potential Agents

10 Questions to Ask When Offered Representation

Janet Reid: The Engagement Period

Real Talk: Six Figure Book Deal$

So You Got an Offer of Rep. . . (advice on notifying other agents)

Jim Suggests Questions to Ask a Prospective Agent

Tip Time: Talking to Agents on the Phone (with an offer)

Step by Step: Handling an Offer of Representation

How to Choose an Agent Among Competing Offers

Best of Ask the Agent: How Do You Put a Number on Success?

Step 9: Understand Your Contract

Congratulations! You have a contract. Now it's time to understand your contract and be aware of the important issues. Head on over to Legal Resources for Creatives for some articles to help get you started. Consider hiring a good attorney to help you with your contract review & negotiation

CONGRATS! YOU HAVE AN AGENT, NOW WHAT?

Some articles answering questions you might have about the agenting process and life with an agent:

On Being On Submission

An EPIC POST about the Submission Process, from an Agent's POV

Working with Editors

What Authors and Editors Wish They Could Say to Each Other

Sometimes things don't work out. . .

How to Approach Literary Agents After Parting Ways With Your Previous Representation

"Should I Stay or Should I Go?" Jennifer Laughran

What Makes an Agent Crazy? When Clients Leave Badly

Switching Literary Agents: Two Agents Offer Advice

Publishing Secrets: Having More Than One Agent

Publication Industry Info

The Truth about Publishing

Everything You Wanted to Know About Book Sales (But Were Afraid to Ask)

How to Make a Living as a Children's Book Author- Hannah Holt

What About No Advance Publishing?

How I Stay Grounded: 7 Realities of Traditional Publishing

Questions to Ask Your Publisher Before You Sign the Contract

How Much Do Authors Make Per Book?

How Much Do Authors Earn? Here's An Answer No One Likes

Accounting in Publishing (Twitter thread)

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