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by Jeanmarie Anaya I’m sure many (if not most) writers have similar career circumstances as me. That is, writing is not what puts bread on our tables. (If you’re lucky enough that it does, fantastic! I hope to be in our position one day! ) Running parallel with my writing career is my day job. … Read more
by KK Hendin, co-founder of #MSWL + #MSWL board member It took nine months to finish the first draft of the book I lovingly call The One That Almost Killed Me. Three months and counting of edits. Which means it’s time to start the process of querying. I have eight stories out in the world … Read more
CAROL: It looked like I was sitting in a coffee shop, but in reality I was deep in the query trenches with my debut contemporary romance COLOR ME CRAZY. It was my second time around with this manuscript. The small press it had been under contract with had recently imploded—luckily before publication—and I couldn’t believe … Read more
by Karmen Cook, The History Press I’d had a whirlwind three months following my graduation from Agnes Scott College. I was the school’s marketing and social media intern at the time, so I was able to live-tweet our graduation exercises! One month after graduation I flew halfway across the country to attend the Denver Publishing … Read more
by Carly Silver I’m so excited to be a featured guest blogger on Manuscript Wish List! Since the goal of the website is to connect authors, editors, and agents and help everyone get to know one another, I thought I’d provide a bit of insight into what makes me tick. My desk has quite a … Read more
by Mike Chen It’s been a month (well, technically a month and a day) since the doors opened on the new Manuscript Wish List® 3.0. The response has been overwhelming, so much in fact that over server was overloaded during that busy first day. Since then, we’ve had more than 100 new agents and editors … Read more
By Dee Leone It was late in the evening and I had just finished what I hoped was my final draft of a manuscript. I rewarded myself with playtime on Twitter. Somehow or another I happened upon a week-old tweet by Red Sofa literary agent @StaceyiGraham: “Have a quirky NF PB? … Looking for … Read more
This is Caitie Flum, literary agent at Liza Dawson Associates. This is a tough (and wonderful) business with lots of long hours, high expectations, and rejections at every turn. There is high burn out in all areas—not just for writers, but for agents and editors, too. Self-care is something that people in publishing are talking about … Read more
As a writer myself, I know that querying brings on a particular kind of panic unlike just about anything else in the world. We’re filled with terror that the tiniest mistake is going to bring our careers crashing down around our ears FOREVER. That our hard work is going off to be laughed at or … Read more
Monica here, literary agent with Odom Media Management and #MSWL board member. One classic staple of the networking process for agents is to find time to grab a coffee, or drinks, or lunch with an editor. The best part of an agent/editor date is usually about 30 minutes in, when you’re done with small talk and … Read more
