Janet Reid, Literary Agent

I’m the kind of guy who’s always been of the mindset that traditional publishing is the way to go. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve had opportuni...

Friend of mine queried last summer, got multiple offers by October/November. Signed with agent awesome (great sales record - powerhouse in ...

What is the proper etiquette for a querier who receives editorial comments and R&R from a literary agent, but after careful considerati...

I've been querying a novel over the past eight months during which it went through one total rewrite and one large revision. I know, ...

If an agent who gives editorial feedback offers representation, is it appropriate (as part of the pre-acceptance process) to ask them to pi...

Three weeks ago, I got a Full request from an agent and I quickly submitted my Full to her. Then last week, another agent emailed me, say...

What kind of questions do you ask authors before signing? If you've read a full manuscript and think, "Hey, this is a shark-wort...

I had an agent for (5) years with a well-known NYC agency, and although my initial novel had some interest, it didn’t end up going anywhere...

I am a very small-time published author (m/m erotic romance), a genre I originally stumbled into (seriously) so that I could have a publish...

  I have a procedural query question. If my MS is currently out with an editor, following a pitch conference, I understand it is appropriat...

As you suggested, I've started querying widely, and I got a bite from an apparently-respected agent at a long-established boutique a...

I have a three book (so far) fiction series published through (book one) Amazon Encore and (books twos two and three) Booktrope Editions. ...

  Your Imperial Toothiness, I have a question for the blog, if possible, which is sort of related to the recent theme of incomplete infor...

  I have a question about terminology. I received a request for a full along with a detailed synopsis "...and a list of submissions to...

What are your thoughts on agents who make "the call" but only to gauge the writer's interest in revising, as opposed to of...

I have a scenario for your wonderful blog, where the readers comments are as insightful as the posts. Here’s the situation: I’ve been readi...

  I have recently secured a book contract without an agent for my YA novel with a small press. I retain  the film and foreign rights, which...

When you meet an unagented writer socially (i.e., not because they've scheduled time with you at a conference), do you expect them to ...

Recently, I've noticed quite a few writers talking about the long wait times they encounter with agents they've signed with. I...

Agent Lovely wants a marketing proposal and I'm confused. I wrote the book--memoir--already, and that's what Agent Lovely is ...