Bitter Melon - GalleyCat http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat The First Word On the Book Publishing Industry Copyright 2014 Fri, 28 Nov 2014 17:00:11 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 How To Find an Agent for Your YA Book GalleyCat caught up with young-adult novelist Cara Chow (pictured, via) to talk about her book, Bitter Melon.  Here are some highlights from our interview.

Q: How did you find your agent?
A: Back in June 2008, I found Stephen [Barbara] on a website called agentquery.com. My keyword searches were ‘Young Adult’ and ‘multicultural,’ and his name was one of over 200 that showed up on the list. The description of what he was interested in seemed to match what I had, so I sent him a query.

After reading my manuscript, Stephen wrote me a very nice letter telling me what he liked about my manuscript. He then went on to explain what was missing and asked if I would be interested in revising and resending it. I called him to get a better idea of what he had in mind. During our phone conversation, I felt strongly that he was ‘The One’ (I mean that in a professional way, of course). I felt a deep sense of trust in him and decided that he was worth another draft.

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Maryann Yin http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/how-cara-chow-found-her-agent_b25761#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/how-cara-chow-found-her-agent_b25761 http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/?p=25761 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 18:14:14 +0000
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