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| Friday February 10, 2012 | 
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Writers Ask the Expert What It's Like to Be a Literary Agent
| What It's Like to Be a Literary Agent |
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| By Jeff Kleinman | |
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Q: Why did you choose this career? What is your work like? Do you like it? -Vicky
Our work, these days, seems primarily devoted to two things: talking on the phone (or in person) with editors and authors during the day; and reading at night and on weekends. We tend to get a lot of mail; some read it all themselves and others find assistants to sort through the unsolicited materials. And then there’s the rest of the stuff – dealing with subsidiary rights (dramatic rights, etc.), dealing with crises and just dealing with mundane day-to-day running of an office. And personally, I love what I do. There’s nothing quite like creating an “Author” out of an unpublished writer.
Jeff Kleinman, Literary Agent |
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