Janet Reid, Literary Agent

 Janet! You have not posted anything since your wallet came home, and since stolen wallets can lead to kidnapping, I'm worried about you...

 I left my wallet in the local bodega on Monday. Didn't realize until Tuesday. Promptly retraced my steps, asked the cashier, searched m...

I guess timing can be everything. I am at the querying stage for a historical fiction manuscript. Unfortunately, recent events have stopped ...

Hello Madam Shark, I binge-read your blog and Query Shark over the holidays, and I feel tons more educated about publishing and querying. Th...

  Do you subscribe to Ron Charles' newsletter?   Err, I mean Ron Charles' newsletter! I love his writing, and what he has to say!

  Hi Janet, I'm a long time reader and fan of your blog. You even answered one of my questions about maps in books a few years back. You...

    Season 2 The Wire Former Homicide cop Jimmy McNulty has been detailed to The Boat (marine unit) for his transgr...

    These stats are drawn from the last week or so of queries.   The number one reason for a pass was the quer...

I'm no longer accepting email queries.   All queries need to come on paper.   Personalized of course. The sal...

One question that's been bouncing around in my head - why publishers put out debut novels in hardcover.   I think profit margins a...

The question I hear most often from new writers is what the heck am I going to put on a website; I haven't published anything.   If ...

 I'd intended to have a blog post prepared for today but this past week I've been felled by a brutal cold.  I was so relieved it was...

I read a blog post of yours from 2017 about trigger warnings. I am writing a YA mystery/thriller and want to add a note to readers that the...

    Just before Covid hit, I had three agent offers for my novel. Talk about a tough choice I never thought I'd be m...

 Next blog post scheduled for 3/23/22.

  Two years ago I accepted an offer of representation for my novel. After signing, I did a few major rounds of edits, but ...

  I've been reading a lot these past few weeks, cause I'm looking for good comps for a book I'm sending out on...

I'm a new author living in Australia, I wonder whether it is appropriate to submit a story set in the UK, and in a fantasy location as w...

  I guess Jeff Somers isn't the only one who has a hard time finding good titles!

 Which one would you buy? The price was almost identical.