Date: January 23, 2013
Author: Judy Hyde
Tags: agents, Ann Ingalls, book release, editor, fiction, nonfiction, picture books
Author: Judy Hyde
Tags: agents, Ann Ingalls, book release, editor, fiction, nonfiction, picture books
Congratulations x 2 to Ann Ingalls!
Ann Ingalls is pleased to announce that World Book will be publishing J IS FOR JIVE; the release date has yet to be announced. Cassie Mayer will edit this work.
And the good news continues: In May of 2013, Grosset and Dunlap will release Ann’s emergent reader, ICE CREAM SOUP. Karen Grencik at Red Fox Literary represented this work.
Congratulations to Jenn Bailey!
Jenn Bailey is thrilled to confirm that she is now represented by Minju Chang and Kendra Marcus of Bookstop Literary. http://www.bookstopliterary.
Bookstop Literary is an editorial agency, and Jenn has enjoyed the process of working with Kendra and Minju, both of whom she met at a Kansas SCBWI conference.
The Biggest Lesson that Jenn would like to pass on is: “When agents say ‘We’d like to see more from you’–believe them! Don’t make them wait six months before you come back around to the project. You could be filled with Happy/Joy a whole lot sooner!”
Query that caught my agent’s eye
I’ve blogged about how I targeted agents by keeping a detailed reading list and focusing on agents who repped novels that I could relate to my own work (targeting agents). Here is my actual query letter with my commentary in bold:
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Date: November 26, 2008
Author: Laura Manivong
Tags: agents, Barb Stuber, Curtis Brown, Ginger Knowlton
Author: Laura Manivong
Tags: agents, Barb Stuber, Curtis Brown, Ginger Knowlton
Barb Stuber Snags an Agent!
Congratulations, Barb Stuber! Barb is now represented by Ginger Knowlton of Curtis Brown, Ltd. for her young adult novel, CROSSING THE TRACKS…
Congratulations Sarah J. Clark!
Sarah J. Clark is now represented by Jennifer DeChiara of The Jennifer DeChiara Literary Agency. Read it from Sarah herself here. Then read an excerpt of her novel GLORY B. Cheers to many years of a wonderful, successful partnership!
