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Jan 20, 2013 · Writers discuss the reliability and credibility of a website that ranks literary agents by their deals closed in 2012. They share their opinions, experiences and concerns about the agents and publishers featured on the site.
Literary Agent Undercover (LAU) is a company founded by former literary agent Mark Malatesta to help authors get top agents, publishers, and book deals. LAU offers information, coaching, and consulting for authors of all genres, at all stages of their careers, with success stories and testimonials.
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Mark Malatesta: Right. Now, is that a big thing in the south, the clairvoyance and things like that? Because sometimes people, you know what I mean, maybe it is and maybe it isn’t? JAA: It’s not. I mean, I don’t know if it’s necessarily a southern thing. It has been something that me, my grandmother, my mom, we always said we have really good intui...
Mark Malatesta: Right. JAA: It’s a tough, tough one to get into, but having made it that close, I wasn’t as disappointed as I was hopeful, honestly. Mark Malatesta: Right, and even if you have a literary agent who’s pushing your book as a series, it’s one thing to present it that way, and publishers are interested in the idea. It’s another thing en...
Mark Malatesta: It’s a sign of respect, like they respect your query, they respect your writing enough to do that, because they don’t usually. JAA: Well, and it’s interesting, the literary agent that signed me is now my publisher. She left the agency and she’s now the Director of Children’s Publishing at my publishing company. Mark Malatesta: Oh, w...
Mark Malatesta: Right. So, let’s go back to the very beginning. When did you first get the idea that you would even maybe write a book one day? Is it something you had your whole life? Not necessarily this one series, but simply being an author. JAA: Yes, and it is kind of something I’ve had my whole life. I have been reading just anything I can ge...
I’d say, “Hey, what do you think about the second book? What do you think it should be called?” And they loved participating in that. And so, getting their information, and their questions, I mean that really taught me a lot. And I’ll tell you, the biggest thing I learned is, when I was reading my book to children, I realized when I’m writing or fi...
Mark Malatesta: And it’s clearly right now, but it all depends. What I always tell people, like, one of my clients said to me recently, “I want to write a new book, which genres are hot?” I said, “You need to write what you write, you can’t just go write paranormal romance or something because you think that’s hot right now, because next week it wo...
Mark Malatesta: Right. JAA: But I’ve not done a big outline. A lot of people do outlines, and I may start doing that the more experienced I get. But with these books, I think they’re so close to home for me and I’ve got so many… The book is not a true story by any means, it’s definitely fiction, but a lot of the stuff in the book is based on, in so...
Mark Malatesta: Right. I like that. Let’s see, what about your author education? Obviously, anyone listening to this knows you worked with me, and so you invested in that part, and learned some things from my website, and then more working with me one-on-one, and we’ll get into that more later… But what else did you do leading up to this point that...
Mark Malatesta: Those people forwarded your messages? JAA: Right. Right, and so I think I ended up with about seven or eight children’s book series authors that all agreed that they would do that at some point in time. So, adding that into my query letter, which you suggested, I think was a big selling point as well. Mark Malatesta: Yes. Yes, and t...
JAA: Now, traditional publishing is obviously, once you get, once they say, “Yes” and you get a contract, I mean, they do everything. You’re writing, but they then pick up the ball. You’re still active, and they were thrilled that I had already traveled to book fairs, and to schools, and talked to children, because I said that’s something I love to...
Jeri-Anne Agee shares her positive experience working with Mark Malatesta, a former literary agent turned author coach, who helped her get a book deal with Skyhorse Publishing. She praises his knowledge, professionalism, and accessibility, and recommends his services to other writers.
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Literary Agent Undercover. Literary Agent Undercover is a website devoted to authors who want to get a top literary agent, publisher, and book deal instead of self-publishing. In other words, they want to get paid to publish, instead of pay to publish. Literary Agent Undercover™ is for three different types of authors. It’s for unpublished ...
