Biting the Hand That Doesn’t Feed Me

Do you have, or have you ever had, an agent? Depending on your experience, mount an argument for or against having one.

by Paul D. Marks

I’m going to come clean on this issue. It’s a raw point for me. Make that sore point. And in talking about it below I may come off as a little pompous or show-offy, but that’s not my intent.

I do not have an agent. And, believe me, it isn’t for lack of trying. When I tell people I don’t have an agent, that I can’t get one, that I can’t even get one to respond t...