How I Got My Agent Columns

“How I Got My Agent” is a recurring feature on the GLA blog. Some tales are of long roads and many setbacks, while others are of good luck and quick signings. If you have a literary agent and would be interested in writing a short guest column for this GLA blog, e-mail me at literaryagent@fwmedia.com and we’ll talk specifics.

Cori Doerrfeld is an author/illustrator. She has illustrated two books by actress Brooke Shields (Harper Collins), as well as two books by EliseBroach (Little, Brown). Cori is excited about the release of the first picture book she has written herself, Penny Loves Pink (Little Brown, Jan. 2011), which Library Journals called, “A sweet, satisfying story… The illustrations are bright and lively.” Read more

“How I Got My Agent” is a recurring feature on the GLA blog. Some tales are of long roads and many setbacks, while others are of good luck and quick signings. If you have a literary agent and would be interested in writing a short guest column for this GLA blog, e-mail me at literaryagent@fwmedia.com and we’ll talk specifics.

Roz Morris is a novelist and the author of Nail Your Novel: Why Writers Abandon Books and How You Can Draft, Fix and Finish With Confidence (which is also available on the Kindle). Roz is the ghostwriter of 11 novels, eight of them bestsellers. She is now coming out from under the sheet with novels of her own. Read more

“How I Got My Agent” is a recurring feature on the GLA blog. Some tales are of long roads and many setbacks, while others are of good luck and quick signings. If you have a literary agent and would be interested in writing a short guest column for this GLA blog, e-mail me at literaryagent@fwmedia.com and we’ll talk specifics.

Jami Attenberg is the author of The Melting Season, which was published in paperback in Jan. 2011 by Riverhead. Booklist said of the novel: Jami “enders poignant prose and portrays the desperate behavior of her characters with verve.” She is also the author of the novels Instant Love (2007) and TheKept Man (2009). Read more

“How I Got My Agent” is a recurring feature on the GLA blog. Some tales are of long roads and many setbacks, while others are of good luck and quick signings. If you have a literary agent and would be interested in writing a short guest column for this GLA blog, e-mail me at literaryagent@fwmedia.com and we’ll talk specifics.

Alison Espach‘s debut novel is The Adults (Feb. 2011, Scribner), a story People called “one great book …smart,” while Publishers Weekly said “Espach perfects the snarky, post-ironic deadpan of the 1990s and teenagers everywhere.” Read more

“How I Got My Agent” is a recurring feature on the GLA blog. Some tales are of long roads and many setbacks, while others are of good luck and quick signings. If you have a literary agent and would be interested in writing a short guest column for this GLA blog, e-mail me at literaryagent@fwmedia.com and we’ll talk specifics.

Laura Spinella’s debut novel is Beautiful Disaster (Jan 2011). The Long Island native is a graduate of the University of Georgia, and now currently writes from Massachusetts, where she lives with her family. Read more

“How I Got My Agent” is a recurring feature on the GLA blog. Some tales are of long roads and many setbacks, while others are of good luck and quick signings. If you have a literary agent and would be interested in writing a short guest column for this GLA blog, e-mail me at literaryagent@fwmedia.com and we’ll talk specifics.

Michael K. Reynolds has several works in progress, including a historical novel trilogy and a couple nonfiction books. Read more

“How I Got My Agent” is a recurring feature on the GLA blog. Some tales are of long roads and many setbacks, while others are of good luck and quick signings. If you have a literary agent and would be interested in writing a short guest column for this GLA blog, e-mail me at literaryagent@fwmedia.com and we’ll talk specifics.

Alma Katsu is the author of The Taker (July 2011), which has been compared to The Historian and Interview With the Vampire—but without vampires. Read more

“How I Got My Agent” is a recurring feature on the GLA blog. Some tales are of long roads and many setbacks, while others are of good luck and quick signings. If you have a literary agent and would be interested in writing a short guest column for this GLA blog, e-mail me at literaryagent@fwmedia.com and we’ll talk specifics.

Jenny Torres Sanchez is a YA writer. She writes YA because she taught high school English for several years and her students were some of the coolest, funniest, most interesting people she’s ever met. Read more

“How I Got My Agent” is a recurring feature on the GLA blog. Some tales are of long roads and many setbacks, while others are of good luck and quick signings. If you have a literary agent and would be interested in writing a short guest column for this GLA blog, e-mail me at literaryagent@fwmedia.com and we’ll talk specifics.

Flynn Meaney‘s debut YA novel, Bloodthirsty was released in Oct. 2010. She is hard at work on her second contracted book. Read more

“How I Got My Agent” is a recurring feature on the GLA blog. Some tales are of long roads and many setbacks, while others are of good luck and quick signings. If you have a literary agent and would be interested in writing a short guest column for this GLA blog, e-mail me at literaryagent@fwmedia.com and we’ll talk specifics.

B.A. Binns is a Chicago Area author who finds writing an exercise in self discipline, and the perfect follow-up to her life as an adoptive parent and cancer survivor. She is a member of RWA, the Chicago Writers Association, SCBWI and YALSA. Pull (Oct. 2010) is her debut YA novel. Read more

“How I Got My Agent” is a recurring feature on the GLA blog. Some tales are of long roads and many setbacks, while others are of good luck and quick signings. If you have a literary agent and would be interested in writing a short guest column for this GLA blog, e-mail me at literaryagent@fwmedia.com and we’ll talk specifics.

Corrine Jackson is a young adult writer. She is the former Editor-in-Chief of two literary magazines, including Statement (CSU, Los Angeles) and Dash (CSU, Fullerton). Read more

“How I Got My Agent” is a recurring feature on the GLA blog. Some tales are of long roads and many setbacks, while others are of good luck and quick signings. If you have a literary agent and would be interested in writing a short guest column for this GLA blog, e-mail me at literaryagent@fwmedia.com and we’ll talk specifics.

Josh Vogt is currently working with Scott Hoffman of Folio Literary to get his urban fantasy novel, Enter the Janitor, on the shelves. He also covers SF&F news, book reviews and author interviews at the Speculative Fiction Examiner.
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“How I Got My Agent” is a recurring feature on the GLA blog. Some tales are of long roads and many setbacks, while others are of good luck and quick signings. If you have a literary agent and would be interested in writing a short guest column for this GLA blog, e-mail me at literaryagent@fwmedia.com and we’ll talk specifics.

Dawn Kurtagich is a young adult and adult writer and can be found all over the Internet. Read more

“How I Got My Agent” is a recurring feature on the GLA blog. Some tales are of long roads and many setbacks, while others are of good luck and quick signings. If you have a literary agent and would be interested in writing a short guest column for this GLA blog, e-mail me at literaryagent@fwmedia.com and we’ll talk specifics.

Lynn Rush began her writing career in 2008, since then producing fourteen paranormal romance novels. She is actively involved with Romance Writers of America (RWA) and its special interest chapter Fantasy, Futuristic and Paranormal (FF&P). Read more

“How I Got My Agent” is a recurring feature on the GLA blog. Some tales are of long roads and many setbacks, while others are of good luck and quick signings. If you have a literary agent and would be interested in writing a short guest column for this GLA blog, e-mail me at literaryagent@fwmedia.com and we’ll talk specifics.

Kathleen Mulroy is a freelance writer whose credits include a historical Christian romance, The Silver and the Cross. Her second book, Violet Victorious, is available on Kindle and through lulu.com. Her third book in her series, set in turn-of-the-century northern Idaho is tentatively called Into the Fire. She’s also writing a paranormal romance and a YA fantasy. Read more

“How I Got My Agent” is a recurring feature on the GLA blog. Some tales are of long roads and many setbacks, while others are of good luck and quick signings. If you have a literary agent and would be interested in writing a short guest column for this GLA blog, e-mail me at literaryagent@fwmedia.com and we’ll talk specifics.

Rune Michaels is the author of Nobel Genes, (Aug. 2010, Athaneum) as well as The Reminder and Genesis Alpha. She lives in Reykjavik, Iceland with her family. Read more

“How I Got My Agent” is a recurring feature on the GLA blog. Some tales are of long roads and many setbacks, while others are of good luck and quick signings. If you have a literary agent and would be interested in writing a short guest column for this GLA blog, e-mail me at literaryagent@fwmedia.com and we’ll talk specifics.

Nikki Katz is a young adult writer and can be found all over the Internet. Read more

“How I Got My Agent” is a recurring feature on the GLA blog. Some tales are of long roads and many setbacks, while others are of good luck and quick signings. If you have a literary agent and would be interested in writing a short guest column for this GLA blog, e-mail me at literaryagent@fwmedia.com and we’ll talk specifics.

Corinne Bowen is a writer and the editor-in-chief of Crazysexylife.com, a wellness website and blog. She writes magazine articles and novels. Read more

“How I Got My Agent” is a recurring feature on the GLA blog. Some tales are of long roads and many setbacks, while others are of good luck and quick signings. If you have a literary agent and would be interested in writing a short guest column for this GLA blog, e-mail me at literaryagent@fwmedia.com and we’ll talk specifics.

Kirsten Rice is a college student and aspiring novelist. When not writing, she splits her time between Seattle summers and California school-years, drinking iced tall caramel macchiatos, and “studying” on the beach. Read more