Janet Reid, Literary Agent

Here are the entries that stood out for me. Did you like the change up? More of these, or back to prompt words? Timothy Lowe   Nobody knew...

  Long time blog reader Kitty Myers and I had a quick exchange about prologues/usefulness thereof, and I had a light bulb moment.     ...

 I get brutal headaches when the barometer dances a jig; I've been stumbling around for a couple days now with limited brain power. Fort...

    How much does (assumption of) gender preference play a role in who to query--am I shooting off a proverbial foot by ex...

 

Hi Janet, I tried to sell two novels through a wonderful agent of your acquaintance, but after a few years of repre...

If an author has accepted an offer of publication and their agent is negotiating a contract with the publisher, is it common/acceptable for ...

We read a lot about how few manuscripts get picked up by agents, but what percentage of books submitted to publishers are then put under co...

 This is my very favorite mug. Mostly cause I had to be quite crafty to get my mitts on it. (no, I didn't purloin it but the hint of the...

  Amtrak has lovely new train cars! I love riding the train. Hadn't been on one since the start of the pandemic, but I screwed my courag...

  Wait, I have to go back to work? I'm dawdling as fast as I can! What are you doing this weekend?

 They were knocked off when I read The Killing Hills by Chris Offutt Have you lost your sox recently? Do tell us!

    The Bookstore in Lenox, MA There's a wonderful documentary about this store. You can see the trailer here. One of the great things ...

 

  Is there a food you only eat on vacation?

 I like the guesses you made on yesterday's blog post , but you're all over the map (ha!). None of you were close.  I'm staying ...

  I'm off! I'm kinda nervous about this trip. I haven't left the city in at least 2.5 years. I haven't even left my little n...

The Snot-Green couch at the start of her life The Snot-Green couch after the "facelift" The snot-green couch (may it RIP) fin...

Lennon Faris It was a night that, between gulps of coffee, we techs called a real shitshow at The ER for Magical Creatures. So far we’d: ...

These are the entries that really caught my eye. CynthiaMc   I'm from north Florida, the most southern part (Miami, a suburb of New York...

 I've been playing Wordle for a while now, and it drives me bonkers a good half the time.  BUT time to make Wordle earn its keep! A flas...

  One of my editor pals likes to torment me with delicious new books. This is the latest one. Got it in the mail yesterday (Tuesday) and tha...

    Janet, post-edit memo   I just sent back notes on one of my client's novels.   Here's how it unfolde...

  Some years back a friend showed me her fancy new tea kettle that boiled so quickly I suspected Superman's eyeballs w...