After sending out nine queries and getting only rejections (or no response)... I’ve gotten in touch with one of my professors, who has published several novels and had previously offered his assistance if I ever wrote a book… he’s currently reading my novel and I hope he likes it! (Because he could introduce me to agents, etc.) However, even if he doesn’t help me get an agent directly, I think his reading through it will still be a big help – to catch errors and give a more authoritative opinion than my friends and family could. :)
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I need to find an agent/agency in the USA who will help me to find great work as a makeup artist worldwide.
This has been a goal for me for the longest time
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paxccjd is GRATEFUL!
G_D is my Agent; but then He uses others down here with skin….
Which is better… larger agencies or independent agents? Does anyone have any insight on this?
The co-op who i have been in contact with finally invited me in for an interview and i was very optimistic. Unfortunately they decide i was too much like a girl the had just signed so looks like i am back to square one :-(
rovingjack is putting too much on his plate.
it may seem silly but recently I’ve been doing some reading up on the bussiness aspect of writing and two professionals have said that they had more problems with agents then without them, so I got to thinking.
What if I just try on my own first and see where that gets me. Once I get that worked out and see how I do I’ll try the next step. Which is that I know somebody who is willing to try and serve this purpose for me. They are not an agent exactly, just somebody who can act as a buffer. So that a publisher doesn’t look at my work and see that it is self submitted and consider it not worth notice without somebody representing me.
I thought I’d give that a try.
rovingjack is putting too much on his plate.
I think I need to at least try to see if this can happen for me. I’ve recently done a months where I did 31 short stories in 31 days, I have two novels soon to be 4, and three scripts soon to be 5, that need some editing and then an agent to pick out some of the best stuff and get me noticed.
That’s not to mention five book proposals for non-fiction, an idea for a gallery showing based on a theme in visual arts. And a few other things.
I can create fine I just don’t know how to move beyond that part.
Sent out some more letters, inspired by my boyfriend who is signing with an agent tomorrow :-D. We’ll see what happens. In the meantime I really should brush up on my monologues!
I am waiting for an actor’s co-op agency to get back to me…fingers crossed.
Also sending out some more letters to agents who came to see my showcase recently and seeing if they might consider taking me on.
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