Beth Blickers on When to Approach an Agent
The most effective way to do this is find someone on LinkedIn or Twitter who works for the website or publication, and ideally has “partnerships” somewhere in their job description. Send them a message and say something like: Hey there, My name is Nicolas Cole, and I actively write about personal development habits on Quora and Medium. Since your p
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Find Your People
joincolossus.comAll interviewing should be a matchmaking game of who they are and how they see themselves and where they want to be and is this is a fit. And if this isn't the best fit, isn't it in everyone's interest to get to that as soon as possible? Not six months after you're hired or six years down the line, you feel like you wasted a big chunk of your life ... See more
Sam Hinkie • Find Your People
often tell young artists that if they want longevity in the art business, they need to develop their own relationships with collectors,
Cory Huff • How to Sell Your Art Online: Live a Successful Creative Life on Your Own Terms
I found my literary agent by sending one hundred unsolicited letters to one hundred different agents around the country, along with a portion of my manuscript, and I was preparing my second batch of hundred letters when I finally got an offer of representation. No, I didn’t “know someone.” Yes, you need to write the book first. Yes, you really need
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