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No, literary agents don’t actively go out and look for authors. Most accept submissions through what is known as the Slush Pile. Agents...

Yes, self-published authors can get agents! Of course, if a self-published author is getting an agent, they are doing so to make the...

The answer to this really hinges on what you are writing. If you’re writing fiction, then 99 times out of 100 you should start looking...

Yes, you can get published without an agent, both through self-publishing and traditional publishing. While it’s quite clear one can...

The answer to this is a tricky one. The history of the literary world would indicate that yes, a new author should get an agent. However,...

Depending on who you ask, the odds of getting a literary agent have been calculated to be anywhere between 1 in 1,000 to 1 in 6,000....

How much does a literary agent cost? The answer to this comes with a caveat. The simple response is NOTHING. A literary agent will cost...

Literary agents are often seen as the gatekeepers of the literary world, the guardians of the books that get sent to publishers. Finding...

No, there is no need to have a literary agent if you want to be an author. However, this does come with an asterisk. For the most part,...