Have you ever wondered what agents do? I mean, beyond representing authors and selling their work. Everyone talks about how busy agents are, but what keeps them so occupied? What goes through their mind when reading queries? What makes them request a full manuscript from one author but reject another’s? What’s in a submission package? Why should bestselling indie authors consider signing with an agent? Why are agents so keen about social media? So many questions!
In The Nuts and Bolts of How an Agent Works, I’ll answer all those questions and more. Come learn more about my dream job and what I do.
Prior to joining The Seymour Agency, Lynnette Novak spent seventeen years freelance editing. She worked with new writers, advanced writers, as well as New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors. Lynnette earned a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Manitoba, where she specialized in English and French. She excelled in Advanced Creative Writing in university and studied writing for children and teens through the Institute of Children’s Literature. She was a Pitch Wars mentor in 2015 and 2016. Both her mentees acquired an agent. Lynnette has since closed her editing business and is excited to bring her passion for the written word to agenting.
Lynnette is offering another class, Traditional Publishing Demystified, prior to Carnegie’s Books-in-Progress Conference. If you register for both one-time classes you will receive $5 off the second registration.
Lynnette will also be one of the literary agents accepting book pitches after the Conference, which you may purchase at this link with purchase of Conference Core Events.
