Quick Tips: Getting Published

Writer’s Little Instruction Book: Getting Published by Paul Raymond Martin

Published Sep 30, 2008 2:09 PM EDT

No agent, no matter how skilled or experienced or well connected, can sell a lousy manuscript (unless, of course the writer is already famous).
Much of the editing and hand-holding done by editors at large publishing houses is now done by agents and book doctors.
Don't begrudge an agent her fee. Really, would you want to do what an agent does for a living?

Scott Francis is a former editor and author of Writer's Digest Books.