Agents/reps... what have you been thinking after the webinar?
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This is a really interesting thread! Thanks @Sarah-LuAnn for starting it off and for all the great responses
I am interested in finding an agent, though right now I want to give myself a bit more time to make sure I have a consistent body of work together that shows a good upwards direction. I had agent feedback in Nov 16 to the effect that I was nearly there, I just needed to work on a few things ...so I'm currently in the 'working on it' phase.
Then, to decide which one/which type....this is tricky, because I'd like to do children's books, but I also have a library of (successful) surface pattern design that would work well outside of craft papers. I do work with an agency already where our business licences designs from them (for stamps) - actually I had a chat with them today as we're all currently in Frankfurt for a trade show (covering both craft products and paper/stationery/gift products including a designer/licensing area)...which has been really interesting overall, to see the trends, and also to see how surface pattern designers present themselves at a trade show.
So overall, I don't know yet - lol vague I know, but I have learnt from all this that it doesn't seem a quick thing...like starting out a relationship - what kind do you want - are they interested, are you interested, - which deal is on the table, what direction do you both want to go in....all questions that have to be answered by more than one person. So I'm going to take more time to think about it, and to develop my art, and maybe 6-12 months down the line I'll have a better idea
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I'm sorry I missed it. is there a link where we can watch or listen to it again?
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@audrey-dowling Hi Audrey, if you were referring to the third Thursday agent webinar, I was looking for it as well and Rich Green shared it with me in a previous thread- this is the link https://youtu.be/hYtX-GTcRyI enjoy!
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I am not ready personally. Tons of great info to process. Definitely a video I will revisit sooner rather than later.
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I was kind of turned off by the interview I don't think I'd like to have a strictly art rep. I'd rather try with a literary agent who handles writers and artists. I really just want to tell my stories.
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@lmrush Thanks for the link! I'll want to re-watch it.
@evilrobot I also feel like I'd rather go for a literary agent rather than an art rep... which is different from what I thought a couple years ago! I've started writing my own stories and found I really enjoy it.
I bought the book mentioned in the Webinar, the Guide to Literary Agents 2017, and with it comes a membership to WritersMarket.com. I'm just now dipping my toes into both, but wow! AWESOME resources. If the mention in the webinar wasn't enough, I'm just going to bring it up again to say that if anyone else is at the point I am at (starting to research agents to maybe start submtting/querying soon) its a great book to get your hands on.
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@Sarah-LuAnn Hi Sarah I just bought the book as well how do we get the membership?
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Inside the book there is a code and instructions on how to get access.
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thanks @lmrush !
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@Sarah-LuAnn thank you!
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Another resource for learning about agents, an episode on the Stories Unbound podcast: http://oatleyacademy.com/su15/
