Becoming A Writer - Seriously » agents http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com/wordpress Tools and Trade Secrets for Aspiring Writers Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:42:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Traditional Publishing Isn’t Dead Yet http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com/wordpress/2009/08/07/traditional-publishing-isnt-dead-yet/ http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com/wordpress/2009/08/07/traditional-publishing-isnt-dead-yet/#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:19:39 +0000 Tom Colvin http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com/wordpress/?p=958 Barbara DeMarco-Barrett of Pen on Fire organized an evening with agents this week for writers in Southern California.  Apparently the house was packed, and the three agents on the program all gave upbeat reports about their recent activity.  One even reported that on some days she gets as many as 200 inquiry letters!  And all have recently sold manuscripts to the major New York publishers.

The event was given a very full write up in the Daily Pilot, which is distributed within the Los Angeles Times to subscribers in counties south.  It’s good to read something positive about the publishing industry for a change.

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