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The relationship between an author and a literary agent is a business relationship, but a very personal one. A literary agent is not
merely a negotiator for a publishing contract, but an advocate and cheerleader. An author must trust the agent's judgment and know
that the agent believes in the work.
The computer revolution and Internet has given people the means of drafting manuscripts and contacting publishers with an ease that
was unheard of in the past. This has increased the number of the submissions to already overburdened publishers at the same time that
some people claim books are becoming obsolete AND competition for shelf-space is increasing.
The ease of submission means that the vast majority of manuscripts received are poorly written, unproofed and badly formatted.
Literary agencies have been forced into the role of both filter and tutor. By refusing to accept unagented submissions publishers
use literary agents as a filter to remove the submissions unworthy of consideration. Literary agents often must tutor new authors
with potential on the ways to make their submission most attractive to publishers.
And that's when the agent's real work begins.
We are not accepting any new submissions at this time.
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