2) How I Got My Publishing Deal

Hi Allison, I officially signed the agency agreement along with my W9. I reached out to an accountant and met with a litigator in the area, both of whom recommended I form a single-member LLC without incorporating. I’ll get you the EIN once the IRS provides it. Thanks!

That’s a REAL email I had to send. Two weeks prior, I was in the query trenches. Since then I’d gotten an offer of rep, two counteroffers, signed with the first, been advised to form an LLC for my works, and met with a lawyer a...