23: An agent's journey (Fiona Spencer Thomas interview)
Talking through my hat
English - September 25, 2018 12:00 - 22 minutes - 10.2 MBBusiness Arts books ebooks editing editors proofreaders proofreading publishers publishing Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: 22: Crisis and opportunity (Kate Wilson interview)
Fiona Spencer Thomas is a literary agent and book publicist who works with a range of authors on both fiction and non-fiction. In this podcast episode, she talks about how she got started as an agent, what a literary agent does for her clients, and how her own passion drives her choices.
It was interesting to talk about striking the balance between creativity and nit-picking attention to detail - between helping writers create better books and handling the fine points of royalties and contracts. And, in particular, the need to tread a cautious road alongside your authors, because everyone's different, from the diffident author with no self-confidence to the bull in a china shop who needs protecting from themself!