Get Published! Get Produced!: Tips on How to Sell Your Writing from America's No 1 Literary Agent

Editorial Review:

Tells the reader precisely how to avoid being viewed as a neophyte in a business that is notorious for taking advantage of writers.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

me, Me, ME...:

This is above all a book about how wonderful the author is. How clever & experienced he is. How well respected he is. Next in his priority is a recounting of his triumphs and interesting personal experiences. Along the way there are countless admonitions about the need for agents in the corporate jungle that is publishing, and the need for authors to respect agents' time and efforts. Also useful, but probably not necessary, are many reminders that agents & publishers are looking for work they can... more info

A Guid for SELLING Your Writing:

... I am here to tell you that this book by literary agent Peter Miller doesn't do everything but it does some things very well.

I've noticed on the writers' groups I frequent that beginning writers panic when it comes to selling their material. They want to know how to write queries, synopses, and proposals, a different art altogether from whatever writing they do.
I also notice that some of the advice they get is either less than sound, unimaginative or both. "GP! GP!" gives out actual samples for... more info

Good Information:

I doubt that it will ever be easy to find a good literary agent, but Peter Miller will give your query letter a good read. Though he didn't go for mine, he did at least take the time out to explain the whys and wherefores of his needs. I guess in this world literature is a business, a difficult truth for a would be literary artist to swallow, but a truth that can't be ignored by a writer who wants to find a major publisher. At least he was honest, and there's something to be said for that.

Really good book!:

The man knows his stuff. Go out and get this book. You will learn a lot. Also check out Guerrilla Marketing for Writers by Levenson et al.... also a great book.

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