Episode 235: Traditional Publishing Contracts & Things People Don't Talk About

Notes:

We reference a couple past episodes from the Fable and the Verbivore podcast. They are:

- Episode 84: The emotional side of querying

- Episode 211: Rating our Writing

- Episode 231: The Benefits of Pen Names

- Episode 232: Branding Part 1

- Episode 233: Branding Part 2, Fable's Branding

Here are several resources referenced in this episode:

- ManuscriptWishlist.com - Find Editors + Agents

- QueryManager.com - Agent Users List

- MasterClass Article “How to Find a Literary Agent: 3 Tips for Finding an Agent”

- MasterClass Article “How to Write a Query Letter an Agent Will Read in 9 Steps”

- The Authors Guild Article “An Author’s Guide to Agency Agreements”

- YouTube Video Literary Agent Piers Blofeld “How to get a literary agent - in (almost) five minutes”

- YouTube Video Literary Agent Piers Blofeld “The 5 types of rejection (and what to make of them)”

- Books and Such Literary Management Blog “What to Look for in an Agent’s Contract”

- Books and Such Literary Management Blog “Why a Bad Agent is Worse Than No Agent”

- Publisher’s Weekly Article “Authors Demand Better Treatment from Albert Whitman & Co.”

- Publisher’s Weekly Article “New Leaf Literary & Media Faces Backlash After Dropping Authors”

- Writers Beware Article “Call For Change: Current and Former New Leaf Literary & Media Authors Speak Out”

Books Mentioned:

- How to Make a Living as a Writer by James Scott Bell

Music from: https://filmmusic.io ’Friendly day’ by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)