MY AGENT SECRET: Literary Agent Helps Writers | Substack

Welcome to MY AGENT SECRET

Feb 5, 2025 • Literary Agent Helps Writers and Tilly Vercoutre

AS EVER, IVAN MULCAHY

THE LITERARY ICK

Literary agents are all victims of personal taste 👻

Mar 26, 2025 • Literary Agent Helps Writers

LBF 2025 FROM IVAN

On tireless work, genuine passion and power plays ❤️

Mar 19, 2025 • Literary Agent Helps Writers

WHAT WRITERS NEED

RE-APPROACH YOUR NOVEL #1 (Upmarket Fiction)

Apr 3, 2025 • Literary Agent Helps Writers

Comment if you're looking for it 🎯

Feb 26, 2025 • Literary Agent Helps Writers and Tilly Vercoutre

FIND 5000 LOVERS OF YOUR WRITING

Feb 18, 2025 • Literary Agent Helps Writers and Tilly Vercoutre

THINK LIKE AN AGENT

WHAT TO GIVE UP THIS LENT?

Avoiding Contemporary Fiction 🤨

Mar 5, 2025 • Literary Agent Helps Writers and Tilly Vercoutre

CONSIDER YOUR GENRE

Mean Girls Style 💅

Feb 7, 2025 • Literary Agent Helps Writers

SHALL I COMP THEE TO A SUMMER'S DAY?

Thinking about "comps" will help you answer vital questions about your book.

May 18, 2023 • Literary Agent Helps Writers

YOUR AGENT SECRET

Channelling Your Inner Agent

May 10, 2023 • Literary Agent Helps Writers

THE MARRAIGE OF CREATIVITY & COMMERCE

The ultimate power couple

May 3, 2023 • Literary Agent Helps Writers

CONNECT LIKE AN AGENT

Let us introduce you to Samar Hammam

Translation agent, of Rocking Chair Books

Apr 16, 2025 • Literary Agent Helps Writers

Let us introduce you to Amil

One of Edwina's authors, who will be published by Penguin this summer.

Mar 11, 2025 • Literary Agent Helps Writers, Edwina de Charnacé, and Tilly Vercoutre

QUESTIONABLE QUESTIONS

"I’ve already been offered a book deal directly by a publisher. Why should I involve a literary agent now and pay 15% of the deal to them?"

Mar 22, 2023 • Literary Agent Helps Writers

"Why do I need to keep editing my manuscript through various drafts before it’s sold to an actual editor at a publishing house?"

Mar 15, 2023 • Literary Agent Helps Writers

"How can literary agents either ignore my submission completely or send me the briefest rejection email?"

Mar 8, 2023 • Literary Agent Helps Writers

"What should I write to a literary agent to ensure they pay close attention to my book submission?"

Mar 1, 2023 • Literary Agent Helps Writers

THE PROBLEM OF TOO MANY BOOKS

The Problem of Too Many Books (Part 2)

As continued from last week.

Jun 28, 2022 • Literary Agent Helps Writers

The Problem of Too Many Books (Part 1)

(Warning: my first newsletter is a little long – 3700 words, so I’ve broken it into two parts to be published a week apart. Thanks for taking the time.)

Jun 21, 2022 • Literary Agent Helps Writers

Keep in touch.

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