Episode 19: #AgentSecrets, Finding and Getting an Agent
...in which Jess and KJ have a few tips for finding the right agent and crafting your query; also KJ goes off the grid to get some work done and Jess recommends sleep.
(available on iTunes and AudioBoom)
Our agent, Laurie Abkemeier, of DeFiore & Company, who also has a fun Tumblr page and Agent Obvious: Unsolicited Advice for Authors, Agents, and Editors.
The Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman (yes, I understand I can't really say I'm a huge Neil Gaiman fan if I have not read The Sandman, but I do love his novels. So there.)
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
The Hidden Link Between Vision and Learning: Why Millions of Learning-Disabled Children Are Misdiagnosed, by Wendy Beth Rosen (When I said hearing problems, I meant vision problems. Sorry.)
American Widow, by Alissa Torres, illustrated by Sungyoon Choi
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
The City Baker's Guide to Country Living by Louise Miller
The World Beyond Your Head (not a recommendation yet because KJ has not started it) by Matthew Crawford
The New York Times review of Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Jenny Bent, of the Bent Literary Agency
Tina Bennett of William Morris Endeavor
Joelle Delbourgo of Joelle Delbourgo Associates
Reading with Babies, Toddlers and Twos by K.J. Dell'Antonia and Susan Straub
American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA)