Re: Looking for an agent

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From: Jay Random
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 1998 00:00

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Robert J Sawyer wrote:
> 
> >and am about to begin testing the water for a reliable agent
> 
> It's very difficult to get a good agent if you don't already have
> a track record in short fiction, and, in point of fact, an agent
> isn't necessary for making most novel submissions (although I would
> advise getting one as soon as you make a sale).

Bantam, Warner, & Del Rey no longer read unagented submissions. And
given that the number of major novel markets well exceeds the number of
pro short-story markets, well....

Remember, _Catch-22_ was a science fiction novel thinly disguised as a
WWII story.

--J. Random (Unagented) Conspiracy Theorist

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From: Jay Random <jrandom@shaw.wave.ca>
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