Hello Rebels, welcome to episode 152 of The Rebel Author Podcast. Today, I’m talking to Lucinda Halpern all about how to work with literary agents.
In this episode we cover:
- How the literary agency landscape has changed
- How indie authors can work with agents
- Mistakes authors make trying to work with agents
- How to stand out to an agent
- How essential brand and platform is for an agent
This week’s question is: where was the last holiday you took or fun place you’ve been?
A few highlights from holiday:
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Where was the last fun place we have been? Yoho and Waterton Lakes National Parks in the Canadian Rockies. The wife and I hiked up a 1 in 5 trail to see trilobites, and visited the Lake O’Hara area, which we’d never hiked before. IT’s hard to describe how incredible these glacier-carved landscapes are. Imagine something that Peter Jackson would have CGI’d into a Lord of the Rings movie—except it’s real.
Dear Sasha,
What a great interview, so much good advice to unpack. But then at 52;50 or thereabouts, we here “do they (first-time author) have an MFA from a prestigious program?” To which I say WTAF? Having browsed the back covers of many many books in my local bookstore, I can guarantee that having an MFA does not guarantee that you can write an interesting book. in fact, I have a feeling that the MFA system might explain why so much of literature these days is cursed with a stultifying sameness. So, agents, open your minds, there are talented people out there outside of the MFA system.