Ally
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Jennifer A. Nielsen:
Hi! I love the Ascendance Series!! Anyway, what are the steps needed to get an agent? And around how much does it cost on average? Thanks in advance!
Jennifer A. Nielsen
How to get an agent is a bit enough question that whole books or blogs are dedicated to the topic. Bottom line is this:
1) Write something great.
2) Make it the best you possibly can.
3) Then make it better.
4) Go to someplace like agentquery.com and type in the genre you write, then start researching the names of agents that come up. Begin looking for agents you think would be a great fit for you.
5) Learn to write query letters. There is a lot of material online about this.
6) Start submitting.
7) Fail. Probably a lot. Because that's part of the process, so when you do, look for ways to make your writing better.
8) Repeat 6 and 7, all the time working on improving your writing, until...
9) You get a yes. Then you chat over the phone and figure out if this is the right agent for you. If it is...
10) Sign a contract and now you have an agent.
But most important - the agent will only make money when you make money (generally 15% of your earnings). A good agent will help you earn more than 15% of what you can earn on your own, so that is fair, but you never pay out of pocket for an agent. If they try to charge you and haven't sold anything for you, that is a scam.
1) Write something great.
2) Make it the best you possibly can.
3) Then make it better.
4) Go to someplace like agentquery.com and type in the genre you write, then start researching the names of agents that come up. Begin looking for agents you think would be a great fit for you.
5) Learn to write query letters. There is a lot of material online about this.
6) Start submitting.
7) Fail. Probably a lot. Because that's part of the process, so when you do, look for ways to make your writing better.
8) Repeat 6 and 7, all the time working on improving your writing, until...
9) You get a yes. Then you chat over the phone and figure out if this is the right agent for you. If it is...
10) Sign a contract and now you have an agent.
But most important - the agent will only make money when you make money (generally 15% of your earnings). A good agent will help you earn more than 15% of what you can earn on your own, so that is fair, but you never pay out of pocket for an agent. If they try to charge you and haven't sold anything for you, that is a scam.
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Kielen Rogers
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Jennifer A. Nielsen:
Hi, my name is Kielen, and I just finished reading the False Prince. I know you have three books in the series, and it's called the Ascendance trilogy, but could you continue it somehow, like, making another series in the same universe? That would be great, because I don't want to finish the series, I want it to go on forever.
Brandee
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Jennifer A. Nielsen:
Hi, I work at Coonley Elementary School and I just wanted to say thank you for coming and speaking to the students. They couldn't stop talking about it all day and I feel like you may have inspired a new generation of writers. I really loved your answer to the question of how you come up with your ideas. I never thought about how something so simple could be turned into such an elaborate and fantastic story! ?
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