At almost every conference, authors want to know: does it matter if an agent is based outside of New York? Are New York agents better, more connected, more...something? Well, if this was 1992, when my Dad had just bought my mom that 14K external modem (Hey, it was an upgrade. He almost bought the 7k), it might matter. But nowadays, so much of my work is done via email. I could be across the street from Simon & Schuster, but email is simply easier. I make friends with editors on twitter, I ask my agent friends in our google group who they’d sub a commercial historical to, etc, etc. It’s easy to connect, even 3,000 miles away.
Editor Week for a Non-NYC Lit Agent
Editor Week for a Non-NYC Lit Agent
Editor Week for a Non-NYC Lit Agent
At almost every conference, authors want to know: does it matter if an agent is based outside of New York? Are New York agents better, more connected, more...something? Well, if this was 1992, when my Dad had just bought my mom that 14K external modem (Hey, it was an upgrade. He almost bought the 7k), it might matter. But nowadays, so much of my work is done via email. I could be across the street from Simon & Schuster, but email is simply easier. I make friends with editors on twitter, I ask my agent friends in our google group who they’d sub a commercial historical to, etc, etc. It’s easy to connect, even 3,000 miles away.