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A real agency is unlikely to, but can definitely email/phone our of the blue to talk about representation. This is in a few cases: have you gone viral for some
by KittenInABox 2y ago
A real agency is unlikely to, but can definitely email/phone our of the blue to talk about representation. This is in a few cases: have you gone viral for some reason? Did you win an award somewhere for unagented fiction (short stories, a one-off poem, etc)? Do you have a large existing following in the field and have publicly said you're unagented/working on something an agent can represent you in? Do you already have a significantly successful literary career in the indie/self-published space?
But generally yes, an agent is not going to contact you randomly.
- bryanrasmussen 2y agoI mean it's true I said tens of thousands of sales, but I supposed people could understand that as hyperbolically meaning "having a significant level of success already, without an agent", which it seems to me all of your examples are just variations of that particular magical 50-shadeish type of thing.
- Finnucane 2y agoAgents don't sit passively in their offices waiting for projects to come in. They network, scout for talent, poach other agents' clients. But they are not randomly emailing unknowns. That doesn't happen. Established agents may have younger, less-established agents working for them who are hungrier to build their own lists, but even they have enough coming to them they don't have to do scammy things like this.