Reasons You Want an Agent (That You Haven't Heard a Million Times Before)

Later this week, I'll be telling the story of how I came to be with the lovely Suzie Townsend, because my agent-story is a little different from the ones you usually see (though by no means unique...for better or for worse). But first I wanted to address the question you probably hear a lot from people who aren't in the industry.

Your agent gets 15% of your money? What does s/he even DO?

And we all spout the list of reasons we've learned a thousand times over.

I've been thinking lately about the...