Janet Reid, Literary Agent

I didn't take on two novels this week for very different reasons. The first was for a novel that is simply out of my league.  I'll...

not by me of course, but very well by Holly Root over at the Waxman Agency who, when not slithering around with Barbara Poelle and me, has ...

I'm back from an extended stay in Catatonic, a little known resort in the Catskills. I'm less crabby for sure, and there are a bunch...

The earlier pos t today about a tone-deaf author insulting an editor at lunch prompted some commenters to ask, probably not too sardonicall...

My perplexity about someone mailing query without an SASE overlooked the obvious: it was a mistake; the writer intended to include one. Sin...

1. No, you can't come to my office to pitch me your books while you're visiting NYC for the holidays. You have to send a query. If ...

Question: I just read your interview in 3rd Degree and something there really caught my eye. It was in your answer to questions one shou...

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