I used to not want to part with 15% of my earnings as a writer. Now, my attitude has shifted slightly, to “Take it! Please, please, please, just TAKE IT!!!”
That’s because I can spare 15%. What I can’t spare is time. It’s all accounted for, thank you. Between researching, writing, revising, manuscript critiques, Austin SCBWI activities, and, of course, blogging — not to mention all those elements of my non-writing life: my family, my salaried job, my commute, sleeping, exercising, cheese enchiladas — making time for submissions and all that they involve has become nigh on impossible.
A good agent who can give me back a little of my time in exchange for a 15% cut sounds like a better deal every day.
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In case it helps, a good agent will pay for her/himself and then some. You want someone who’ll get you enough of a higher advance and royalty rate to not only justify themselves but also convince the publisher to put some marketing dollars behind you.
A good agent also will shop subrights and take only 15 percent as opposed to leaving them in the hands of publishers who wait until someone calls them and then take a whole lot more than that.
I don’t worry about my agent earning her 15%. I worry about what to get her for the holidays because, after all, she’s been SO good this year.
In case it helps, a good agent will pay for her/himself and then some. You want someone who’ll get you enough of a higher advance and royalty rate to not only justify themselves but also convince the publisher to put some marketing dollars behind you.
A good agent also will shop subrights and take only 15 percent as opposed to leaving them in the hands of publishers who wait until someone calls them and then take a whole lot more than that.
I don’t worry about my agent earning her 15%. I worry about what to get her for the holidays because, after all, she’s been SO good this year.
In case it helps, a good agent will pay for her/himself and then some. You want someone who’ll get you enough of a higher advance and royalty rate to not only justify themselves but also convince the publisher to put some marketing dollars behind you.
A good agent also will shop subrights and take only 15 percent as opposed to leaving them in the hands of publishers who wait until someone calls them and then take a whole lot more than that.
I don’t worry about my agent earning her 15%. I worry about what to get her for the holidays because, after all, she’s been SO good this year.