What Literary Agents Do

• What Do Literary Agents Do? - author/former agent Nathan Bransford

• Introduction to Agents - AgentQuery

• Agent Fees (You don't pay an agent)- SFWA

• Ten Things to Know If You Publish Without An Agent - agent Janet Reid

How to Find Agents

• A Beginner's Guide to Looking Up Literary Agents - author/agent Eric Smith

• How To Find a Literary Agent - Bransford

• Overseas Agents - Bransford

• The Hunt Is On! - author Janice Hardy

• How To Tell If An Agent Is Reputable - agent Michelle Witte

Agent Information Sites

• Publishers Marketplace: industry site with database & deal reporting

• Writer Beware: SFWA’s watchdog site

• Association of American Literary Agents: searchable database of member agents

• Manuscript Wishlist: search for agent preferences by age group, genre, & more

• Literary Rambles: interviews with agents

• Query Tracker: database + see how fellow authors are faring in their process

  • Who Represents Whom (look up agents by client name)

• Absolute Write Bewares, Recommendation, and Background Check

• Agent Query: database

• Debbie Ridpath Ohi’s Twitter lists

  
  

Working with an Agent

• A Few Things Your Agent Needs to Know - agent Tamela Hancock Murray

• Discussions With Your Agent - BookEnds Literary Agency

• Let Your Agent Be the Bad Guy - agent Rachelle Gardner

• Should You Give Your Agent a Gift? - agent Jennifer Laughran

• Know Your Rights as an Author - Bransford

• What's all this about agents acting as publishers? - Publisher's Weekly

  
  Breaking Up

• How To Leave Your Agent - Editorial Anonymous

• How Not To Leave Your Agent - Editorial Anonymous

• How to know when to leave your agent - Bransford

• What if my agent leaves? - Laughran