If you are looking for an agent you’ll have to pull all your connections and you can’t be too pushy but you can’t give up easily
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
In this episode, Vietnamese-born author Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai talks about the publishing journey of her first novel, The Mountains Sing. She discusses why it was important for her to find the right agent, and what her experience was like working with a whole publishing team to edit her novel.
Listen to this extract to find advice on:
- How to know an agent is right for you.
- Strategies and tips to finding agents that will be interested on your work.
- Reasons as of why you may want to have an agent and how this will shape your writing career.
I had an agent before and the relationship didn’t go so well and I felt she wasn’t the right agent… and so I took the risk and ended the relationship. I think sometimes you have to take the risk to achieve the goals you’ve set for yourself.
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
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