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The road to finding an agent for your work can be difficult, frustrating, and laden with contradictory advice. Literary agent Kate McKean gives you a road map for finding not just ‚Äòan agent' but rather the ‚Äòright agent' for your work. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are hundreds of literary agents in the U.S. alone; however, their information is not conveniently collated on one or two websites that you can easily search to find the perfect one for your work. Wouldn't that be nice if it were true! Because it isn't, you need to be armed with the tools and resources to find and decode the information across the web that will lead you to the agents looking for work just like yours,right now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFinding an agent for your work is very important, but finding the ‚Äòright agent' is mandatory if you wish to achieve your traditional publishing goals. This presentation discusses how and where to search for agents in your genre, how to tell if they are the right agent for you, and how to plan your submission. Kate also discusses how you determine whether your work is ready for submission in the first place. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKate McKean covers the ever-important submission etiquette (so you don't ruin your chances before you even get started), Query Letters 101, and the many, many dos and don't of sharing your work with agents. She goes over what next steps you can take if you don't find your best agent match.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFinding the right agent is the first step (after finishing the book) on the road to meeting your publishing goals and should not be taken lightly. 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