Finding an Agent

Finding the right agent can be a little frustrating!

So, I've been searching the Internet tirelessly for a small group of perfect-for-me agents.

I read the advice contained in the 2014 Guide to Literary Agents and then read it again, and again.

It's a great resource. While it didn't answer everything, it did help me focus on what I should be looking for and how to find it.

As a new author, I don't have any experience with agents. I don't know how to tell a good agent from a bad one, let alone how to grab a great agent's attention.

The Guide was really a big help. There are tips from many different agents about how to format a query letter. There are also suggestions to help you figure out if the agent you are querying is even interested in the type of novel you have written.

Since I have written a romance novel (like millions of other people) I don't want to waste my energy querying an agent who specializes in SciFi or non-fiction. I need to find an agent who champions romance.

This process has been more complicated than I had imagined it would be. There are spreadsheets and FBI level research involved. OK, so maybe that is a bit of an exaggeration, but there is a lot of research involved.

Here's hoping it is all worth it in the end!