Writers Free List Of Literary Agents
Creative Writers’ New Year’s Resolution List
Creative writers sometimes allow the years to roll by and never become aware of the enormous gift that lies within them. Are you allowing work and family to steal what little time you have? Is there any time left for you? By now you know that the only way to catch a dream is to chase it. When your dreams become a priority, then and only then will you realize them.
Learning to write is one of those beautiful dreams. Most people wonder if they have writing skills that could be developed. Two things stop them from finding out: procrastination and lack of time. Procrastination is a self-discipline problem, but lack of time is something you can get by rising 30 minutes early, staying up 30 minutes late, or taking part of your lunchtime.
Knowing what you should study can be part of the challenge. Should you plunge into a short story course headfirst? Or do you need a good punctuation review course to rehearse you on how and when to use commas, semi-colons, colons, and other pertinent punctuation. It doesn’t take that much time. Allow 60 minutes of homework per week for each course you take.
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Writing fiction pays nothing, so why do literary agents expect top talent to come their way?
In short, why do literary agents blog about the ‘slush pile’ and low level writing they get? There is no money in writing books so it’s all on a volunteer basis on the part of the writer. When you offer nothing you get part-timers, hobbyists, amateurs, and so on. What could agents possibly expect to get with nothing at all?
It’s like when you go to a FREE SOUP KITCHEN to eat. You don’t find Donald Trump and Bill Cosby at those free things, you find derelicts, gang bangers, winos, and trouble makers. But if you go to a dinner where you had to pay $500 a plate THEN you’ll see talent and a list of who’s who.
I like literary agents to the Soup Line because there’s no money (even after they take you). Why can’t they get off their high horse and accept that they’re akin to the free homeless shelter/soup kitchen level and will attract derelicts (amateur writers) and for the most part nothing else?
EDWARD CULLEN IS HAWT!
Writers: A published author tells how much she earns from books…?
She considers herself a mid-list author and has published many books and she opens up about how much she makes as an author. — this is just for her and she makes it clear that her situation doesn’t represent all authors like herself. The link to the full blog post is at the bottom.
Q4U: Anything about her stats that’s surprising to you? If you were published, would you open up about your book sales and how much you make? Anyone turned off by publishing because there doesn’t seem to be much money in it?
I think I was a bit surprised that she’s making so little (yes, I know authors don’t make that much, but it’s surprising when you see actual figures from someone). $18,000 is below the poverty line and you’d definitely have to keep a second job. And, I’m surprised that she receives 50 free copies of her books. Wow, I want her publisher(s), haha, because that’s a lot of copies. 🙂
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I’ve received enough emails lately to make me realize that folks are fascinated by what constitutes a writer’s life. I decided to reveal the naked truth from my perspective using the uncompromising language of numbers.
Please keep in mind that these statistics are only a reflection of my work. Me, little ole mid-list cozy mystery author, but I hope they fill in some of the blanks.
Number of books I’ll have published by the end of 2011 — 15
Number of author names I’ve used or will use — 4 (Ellery Adams, J. B. Stanley, Jennifer Stanley, and I’m ½ of Lucy Arlington)
Average page count per book — 300
Average word count per book — 87,000
Number of publishers I’ve written for — 3
Average number of series I’m writing at once – 3
Average advance received from publisher — $6,000 per book
Average amount paid for large print or foreign rights — $500 or $1000
Average amount of advance spent on promotion — 25% of advance
Average money my publishers give me for promotion — 0
Average time it takes me to write a completed draft — 6 months
Average positive emails I receive per week from readers — 6
Average negative emails I receive per week — 1 (These are usually to point out a typo or to complain about a character’s conduct)
Number of personal copies I receive of each title — 50
Time it took me to sign with an agent — 5 months
Time it took my agent (Jessica Faust) to sell my first series — 2 months
Average number of conferences I attend per year — 3
Average number of library talks per year — 2
Average number of times I check my sales ranking on Amazon per day — 5
My writing income based on my 2010 tax return — $18,000
Days per year I work — 360 (This is not an exaggeration. I consider promotion work, and unless I am sick or am forced to be away from a computer, I find time every day to write, edit, promote, or research.)
Age I knew I wanted to become a writer — 7
Number of canceled series — 2 (the Molly Appleby collectible series and the Hope Street Church series)
Number of new series debuting in 2012 – 2 (The Charmed Pie Shoppe mysteries by Ellery Adams and The Novel Idea Literary Agency series by Lucy Arlington)
Series I’m planning to continue as ebooks only — 2
Current income from my sole ebook title (uploaded in March) — $250
Times I’d trade this life for another — Every time one of my books is released and fails to make the NYT list. And then I get over myself and go right back to work.
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Source: bookendslitagency.blogspot.com/2011/06/ ellery-adams-bares-all.html [Remove the space]
Will someone else report the melon_kahn troll who’s copying somene else’s post just for the two points?
While I’m not surprised by what she earns, I am very surprised by the quantity of copies she receives. That seems like a lot!
As for the earnings, I have two books published (one in eformat and the other in e and print format) and another just published in eformat and while I get royalty cheques, I don’t get a heck of a lot at all. I still work a 35 hour a week job and I’m under no illusions of being able to give that up anytime soon. The bestseller and fortune is a lovely dream, but I went into this with realistic expectations.
I wouldn’t be so open about my own stats any more than I would publish one of my wage slips from my job online. Answering questions to other authors or curious aspiring authors, maybe, but not go into detail about the actual amounts of money involved.
OMG! Writers, what if this happened to your published book?
This is a true story, and you might have read it yourself. I can’t remember where I read it, though, but it was on some well-read blog. Tell me what you would do if you were in here shoes.
An author had her book published a few years back. She eventually got back the publishing rights to her book. The publisher (it’s a legit one) was supposed to remove her book from their website and stop selling it since they returned the rights to the author. The author finds out that her book is still being listed on Amazon.com for sale, which means if anyone buys it, the publisher gets a cut. Her literary agent (a well-known, successful one) starts sending emails to the publisher asking to remove the authors books because the publisher no longer has rights to it. The publisher gives the agent the runaround and promises to put in a request to Amazon to remove the book. While this is happening, the publisher makes the author’s book FREE on the Kindle for 2 whole weeks! [I dont know if this is intentional or not]. During those two weeks the author’s book reaches number one on Kindle’s best seller list. The agent continues to send emails to the publisher to remove the book from Amazon – only the publisher can do this, not the author. The publisher sends emails apologizing and promising to put in the request. After awhile the author’s book is still for sale on amazon and the publisher has stopped responding to the agent’s email. The agent and author think of what to do next. It’s too costly to sue, so they think of ways to get a lot of attention for the author’s situation and put the publisher in a bad light. They end up doing this and after they go public the publisher finally responds to the agent’s email and takes the book off amazon.
Now, the problem: the author seemed upset that her book was offered for free on Amazon kindle, but also quite satisfied that it had reached number one and that a lot of people had read it. Her situation is that people read it for free which means she didn’t get paid, but she gained new fans because she started getting a lot friend requests on facebook during that time, which means those people might read her next books.
So, my question to you. How would you feel if you were in this predicament and what would you do? Would you be okay with the publisher illegally offering your book for free on the Kindle, thus denying you royalty or would you be satisfied that you’ve gained new fans who’ll possibly buy your other books?
Currently, she has about 3 books published with one of the big six publishers. This book was published several years ago and she’s just getting the rights back, so she’s not a brand new author, but she’s also not an author you’ve probably heard of.
BTW, I think I read this a few months back, when she and her agent went public with it.
This is actually pretty interesting. It’s like creating something that you’re going to sell in the future (her new books) but putting the advertisement out right now, and for free. I guess the author benefitted AND lost from this experience, but I think it was more of a gain than a loss. After all, if she makes more books in the series and she already has dedicated fans, she’ll be more likely to get more people buying them.
I think I’d be upset and feel fortunate at the same time. After all, I think most of her money would have gone to advertising in the future for her other books (if the author ever chose to advertise).
I am seeking a list of freelance literary editors who are editing quality books that are being published.?
I have written my book, ninety six thousand words, have been through each chapter at least fourteen times. I have already been through a lot as for what “to and not to do” as for getting published. Now I am hearing from the best literary agents it is best to have a qualified free lance editor pre-edit it before it even goes to them, the agent. I have heard this even from writers who are and have been published. I trusted John Paine because several good authors had already recommended him in their books. However my work is not his style. And I have had trouble finding other free lance editors with top credentials, actual top works that have in deed been published, and even more so those who have been published recently. There are free lance editors that have had one work published, or those books that were of lesser quality, or even had at one time edited for someone that became extremely popular but the book they edited was not one of them.
Is there anyone out there that can help me in this direction? I am not looking for an opinion, just facts.
Thanks,
David
Ideally, you should try to find a freelance editor in the city where you live, so you can consult easily. You might try the writing department of your university or college.