Guest: NAIWE’s Author Representation Expert Leslie Truex

Interested in working with an agent to market your book to traditional publishers? An agent actually performs many more services too! In addition to revisions, edits, and grammar checks to improve your manuscript for a sale, an agent submits a book to one imprint at a time and keeps track of the entire process! An agent discusses contracts with you, is a mediator for you, and is current on publishing news! Learn how to set your book submission apart from the hundreds . . . even thousands . . . agents receive a year.

Here’s what you can expect to learn in this class:

• How to get your manuscript ready for submission

• Additional materials you need to prepare for submission

• Where to find and choose agents to submit to

• Pet peeves of agents and how to avoid them

• What to expect when working with an agent

Duration: 59 minutes

Leslie Truex is a literary agent with Blue Ridge Literary Agency and an author coach. She began her writing career by accident after starting a career website in 1998 that resulted in a freelance writing career and two traditionally published nonfiction books. However, Leslie's passion lies in writing fiction. She is the author of a dozen romance and mystery novels using a pen name. Leslie enjoys sharing her insights and experiences to help emerging authors get their books published. She also supports authors through her online community for romance writers and coaching to both fiction and nonfiction authors. Leslie has spoken and provided workshops as an author and agent at a host of events, including The Virginia Festival of the Book, Malice Domestic, Maryland Writers Association, The Virginia Writers Club, as an adjunct at Piedmont Virginia Community College, and more, and she is the former president of The Virginia Writers Club.