Re: agents

[George Robinson <grcomm...>]

Yup, that's why we founded the Union in '81.
Remind me to tell you all my war stories sometime when you have a few years and
nothing to do and need a sleeping pill.
George (Call Me Nestor) Robinson


Joshua Horowitz wrote:

> Thanks for the National Writers Union info George. On that website the
> following was written about the Writer's Market:
>
> "...Many writers are of the opinion that the Writers' Market books published
> by Writers Digest are packed with fraudulent, "business card" agents.
> However, note that the magazine itself has responded well to NWU complaints
> about ads by unscrupulous agents. "
>
> There is a nice grievance link on that website which warns writers about
> which bad eggs to look out for in the business. If the same existed for the
> music industry (does it?) we could have a good chance at getting paid every
> once in awhile. Josh
>
> >From: George Robinson <grcomm (at) concentric(dot)net>
> >To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
> >Subject: Re: agents
> >Date: Sat, Feb 2, 2002, 6:33 PM
> >
>
> > You'd do somewhat better with Literary Market Place (LMP in the biz).
> > But you might also want to hear what writers think of their agents,
> > since both Writers Market and LMP info comes from the agents themselves.
> > For that, you could join the National Writers Union (I'm a member for
> > over 20 years) and check their agents' database which is based on
> > reports from writers who've dealt with the agents. Go to
> > http://www.nwu.org/ for more info.
> >
> > Also, before you even begin that process, take a look at the
> > acknowledgements in books in your specific field or by authors whose
> > work you respect, and see who their agents are. There a gazillion agents
> > out there and you may want to narrow the search a bit right at the
> > start.
> >
> > George
> >
> > Trudi Goodman wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>       Check in the compilation the Writer's Market puts out every
> >> year...they should have it in the reference section of your Library.
> >>
> >>       Trudi the G
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>  >From: Lori Cahan-Simon
> >> >Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
> >> >To: World music from a Jewish slant
> >> >Subject: agents
> >> >Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 11:45:45 -0500
> >> >
> >> >Does anyone know if there are literary agents that deal with Jewish
> >> >books?
> >> >
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> >> >
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