Today we had another guest speaker, Eve White the literary agent and her assistant. She runs a small independent literary agency from her London flat with only two permanent staff and a rotation of two interns. It's a small scale operation but this adds to the personal feeling of the company that makes it so successful with their clients.
It was a really great talk that covered all the basics of being a literary agent and how Eve got into the industry. I enjoyed learning more about this much discussed aspect of the publishing industry but I don't think it's for me. The idea of becoming close with authors and building up great working relationships appeals but a lot of their time is spent sifting through emails and reading manuscripts - something which doesn't appeal to me because I have always intended on keeping reading fiction and working in publishing separate, which is why I want to work in non-fiction.
So another day, another great guest speaker. I'm pretty sure there are now an extra 20 odd aspiring literary agents thanks to Eve's speech today.
It was a really great talk that covered all the basics of being a literary agent and how Eve got into the industry. I enjoyed learning more about this much discussed aspect of the publishing industry but I don't think it's for me. The idea of becoming close with authors and building up great working relationships appeals but a lot of their time is spent sifting through emails and reading manuscripts - something which doesn't appeal to me because I have always intended on keeping reading fiction and working in publishing separate, which is why I want to work in non-fiction.
So another day, another great guest speaker. I'm pretty sure there are now an extra 20 odd aspiring literary agents thanks to Eve's speech today.
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