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Current Articles
Formatting a Manuscript - a few basics
"... Most editors, agents and publishers ask for submissions in an easy to read font. They are not impressed by fancy fonts or strange colours. Using them may make your submission stand out, but not in the way you hope..."
"...You can write the synopsis either before you write your novel or after, but, as you should never submit fiction to an agent until the entire novel is written, this section will deal with writing a synopsis for a completed work..."
Writing a Synopsis - Hints and Tips
"...Writers will spend years writing, lovingly polishing and then marketing a novel, and yet they shrug off the synopsis with a comment like 'I hate writing synopses'..."
"... above all else, you should be looking for an e-mail address for contact. This can be the biggest key to making sure your work ends up on the desks of the people who might give you a fair crack of the whip ..."
"... Punctuation for dialogue is something that beginner writers often get wrong..."
"... Readers like dialogue - the majority of them demand it - and it is the first thing they will criticize if it doesn't suit them... "
"... what is the difference between plot and story? Is there a difference? ... "
"... Three common areas for mistake are the use of commas, semi-colons and colons. So this document or provided as a refresher... "
"... writers often use more than three dots, but the correct punctuation is only three, no more and no less ..."
UK Literary Agents
The Agency (London)
Gillon Aitkin Associates
Aitken Alexander Associates
Alan Brodie Representation
Amanda Howard Associates
Andrew Lownie Literary Agency
Andrew Mann Ltd
Annette Green Authors' Agency
Anthony Harwood Ltd
The Ampersand Agency
AP Watt Ltd
Artellus Ltd
Big Fish Management
Blake Friedman
Book Blast Ltd
Jenny Brown Associates
Felicity Bryan
Capel & Land Limited
Caroline Davidson Literary Agency
Caroline Sheldon Literary Agency Ltd
Casarotto Ramsay & Associates Ltd
Causeway Literary Agency
Celia Catchpole
Chapman & Vincent
Christine Green Authors' Agent
The Christopher Little Literary Agency
Conville & Walsh
Creative Media Management
Rupert Crew Ltd
Curtis Brown
Darley Anderson
David Godwin Associates
David Highham Associates
The Dench Arnold Agency
Eddison Pearson Ltd
Elizabeth Puttick Literary Agency
Elspeth Cochrane
Eric Glass Ltd
Essential Works Ltd
Eunice McMullen Children's Literary Agent
Eve White Literary Agent
Felicity Bryan
Film Rights Ltd
Fraser Ross Associates
Futerman, Rose & Associates
Graham Maw Christie Literary Agency
Greene & Heaton Ltd
Gregory & Company
Heather Holden Brown Agency Ltd
Intercontinental Literary Agency
LAW Agency
Janet Fillingham Associates
Jenny Brown Associates
John Jarrold Literary Agent and Script Doctor
Laura Cecil Literary Agency
Laurence Fitch Ltd
Limelight Management
Lorella Belli Agency
Lucy Luck Associates
Luigi Bonomi Associates Ltd
Lutyens and Rubinstein
Marjaq Scripts
Mark Paterson & Associates
The Marsh Agency
MayerBenham Ltd
MBA Literary Agents Ltd
Merric Davidson Literary Agency
Mic Cheetham Literary Agency
Micheline Steinberg Associates
Mulcahy & Viney
Paterson Marsh Agency Ltd
Peake Associates
Peter Knight Book Associates
PFD
Pollinger Ltd
Puttick Agency
Raft Representation
Raynor Neil Ltd
Redhammer Management Ltd
Robert Dudley Agency (RDA)
Robinson Literary Agency
Rochelle Stevens & Company
Rod Hall Agency Ltd
Rogers, Coleridge & White Ltd
Rupert Heath Literary Agency
The Sale Literary Agency
Sayle Screen Ltd
The Standen Literary Agency
The Suijin Agency Ltd
Talent Media Group
The Tennyson Agency
Toby Eady Associates Ltd
TV Writers Ltd
Wade & Doherty Literary Agency
Watson Little Ltd
William Morris
Wylie Agency (UK) Ltd
UK Independent Publishers
Beautiful Books
BeWrite Books & e-Publishing
Bookguild Publishing
Canongate
Dewi Lewis
Domhan Books
Duckworth
Eggbox Publishing
Elastic Press
Faber & Faber
Five Leaves Publications
Flambard Press
Flipped Eye Publishing Ltd
Green Books
Iron Press
Legend Press
Luath Press
Independent Northern Publishers
Marion Boyers Publishers
Melrose Books
Myrmidon Books
Next Century Books
Only Women Press
Orbit Books
Parthian
Pendragon Press
PS Publishing
Pulp Fraction
Robert Hale
Salt Publishing
Serpents Tail
Snowbooks
Zed Said
US Literary Agencies
This selection of agencies are reported to be currently accepting submissions. Most of the following are also accepting e-mail submissions.
3 Seas Literary Agency
Abrams Artist Agency
Alicka Pistek Literary Agency
Alive Communications Inc
Anderson Literary Management
Andrea Brown
Andrea Hurst & Associates
Ann Rittenberg
Anne Edelstein
Argari Agency
Artists & Artisans Inc
Avenue A Literary LLC
Baker's Mark Literary Agency
Barbara Bova Literary Agency
Barbara Braun Associates Inc
Barbara J. Zitwer Agency
Bennett & West Literary Agency
Big Score Productions Inc
BookEnds LLC
Books & Such Literary Agency
Carol Mann Agency
Crichton & Associates Inc
Daniel Literary Group
Donald Maass Literary Agency
Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency
Ellen Pepus Literary Agency
Fairbank Literary Representation
Farber Literary Agency Inc
Faye Bender Literary Agency
FinePrint Literary Management
Fredrica S. Friedman & Co
Full Circle Literary, LLC
Harvey Klinger Inc
Inkwell Management
James Fitzgerald Agency
JET Literary Associates Inc
Karen Gantz Zahler Literary Agency
Kraas Literary Agency
KT Public Relations & Literary Services
LaunchBooks Literary Agency
Levine Greenberg Literary Agency
Lippincott Massie McQuilkin
Literary Services, Inc
Literary Works, LLC
Lowenstein-Morel Associates
MacGregor Literary
March Tenth Inc.
Marianne Strong Literary Agency
Marly Rusoff & Associates
Mel Parker Books, LLC
Muse Literary Management
Natasha Kern Literary Agency
Nelson Literary Agency
Northern Lights Literary Services
Objective Entertainment
Pam Strickler Author Management , NY
Paul S. Levine Literary Agent
Pavilion Literary Management
Pearson Morris & Belt Literary Management
Pema Browne Ltd.
Pippin Properties, Inc.
PMA Literary & Film Management, Inc.
Psaltis Literary
Quicksilver Books Literary Agency
Reece Halsey North
Rosenbaum & Associates Literary Associates
Screenland Literary Associates
Scribe Agency
Sheldon Fogelman Agency
Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc.
Sternig & Byrne
Stimola Literary Studio, LLC
Talcott Notch Literary Services
The August Agency
The Creative Culture, Inc
The Fielding Agency, LLC
The Frances Goldin Literary Agency
The Grant Agency
The Jennifer Lyons Literary Agency, LLC
The Sagalyn Literary Agency
The Winkler Literary Agency
TriadaUS Literary Agency, Inc
Venture Literary
Waterside Productions, Inc
Weed Literary, LLC
William K Jensen Literary Agency
Wm Clark Associates
WriteHigh
US Independent Publishers
Absey & Co
ALT-X
Anhinga Press
Archer Books
Avalon Books
Black Heron Press
Blast Books
City Lights Books
Cosmos Books
Dead End Street
Electric Story
Florida Literary Foundation
Greenboathouse Books
Golden Gryphon Press
Komenar Publishing
Laughing Owl Publishing
MacAdam/Cage Publishing
Mercury House
McKenna Publishing Group
Montpelier Press
Ravenstone
Soho Press
Steerforth Press
Turnstone Press
Willowgate Press
Zephyr Press
Canadian Literary Agencies
The Bukowski Agency
The Cooke Agency
The Harding Agency
Helen Heller Agency
i2i Art Inc
Robert Lecker Agency Inc
Anne McDermid and Associates Ltd
The Rights Factory
Seventh Avenue Literary Agency Inc
Beverly Slopen Literary Agency
Carolyn Swayze Literary Agency
Transatlantic Literary Agency
Short Story Sites
Peer Review Sites
A Writer's Market
ABCTales
Authonomy
Litopia
The Front List
You Write On
Vanity/Self Publishing/POD
Authorhouse
Apex Publishing
Arima
Book Force UK
Lulu
Troubador/Matador
We Make Books
Databases
Dollee
First Writer (subscription)
LitMatch
Query Tracker
WritersServices
Writing Software
Attache
Ideas Tracker
Storybase
Story Craft
Whitesmoke
Write It Now
Contests and Competitions
Amazon Breakthrough Novel
Chicken House/Times Children's Author
Fish Publishing
National Novel Writing Month (November)
Writers Inc - Writing for London
Shed Blogs
A Monster in the Mirror
Digital Scribe
PlaceTheirFace
Shed Members on the Web
Patricia deLois
Mo Fanning
James Whyle
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