Making the perfect pitch : how to catch a literary agent's eye
/ edited by Katharine Sands
- Waukesha, WI : The Writer Books , c2004.
- 287 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 276-279) and index.
. Introduction . A morning in the life of a literary agent . Five questions to ask before sending your query letter . Notes to the new writer . I am willing to be seduced, amazed, charmed, or moved . Practicing pitchcraft . Setting, protagonist, problem : an interview with Donald Maass . Talent always jumps off the page . The providential diamond . Getting ahead of the curve : an interview with Robert Gottlieb . Niche your pitch : from first proposal to profitable career . It's the quirks that make it interesting : an interview with Barbara Lowenstein . Making your book into a movie . Pitches that worked . Chapter 14 . In the singles bar of the literary persuasion . The secret is reduction . The serendipity of slush : an interview of Jane Dystel . I want to hear a diva do opera : an interview with Sheree Bykofsky . I love to tell a publisher: "Have I got a virgin for you!" : an interview with Harvey Klinger . 15 minutes to fame : pitching at a conference . A nation of many tribes : an interview with Jim Fitzgerald . How much is a black dress? : an interview with Meredith Bernstein . Adventures in copywriting . Don't be buffeted by whims : interview with David Vigliano . Booking in L.A. . The art of the poetry pitch . Pitching your children's book . Confessions of an acquisitions editor . Crafting the nonfiction proposal . The nearly perfect proposal . The telling detail : an interview with John Ware . It has to be cutting-edge work . How I learned to sell sex, death, & rock 'n' roll . Pitchcraft, the Zen of, and the secrets of the galaxy . The perfect pitch : low and inside . Intelligence and imagination : an interview with Ellen Levine . Publishing as a circus . This pen for hire : pitching collaborative projects . Pitch perfect : in three or four easy steps . Pitch and catch : building a relationship . Selected resources : how to find and contact an agent / Katharine Sands -- / James C. Vines -- / Kristen Auclair -- / Anna Ghosh -- / Sarah Jane Freymann -- / Katharine Sands -- / Katharine Sands -- / Ethan Ellenbert -- / Joseph Regal -- / Katharine Sands -- / Michael Larsen -- / Katharine Sands -- / Laurie Horowitz -- / Rita Rosenkranz -- / Esmond Harmsworth -- / Andrew Stuart -- / Katharine Sands -- / Katharine Sands -- / Katharine Sands -- / Jason Cangialosi and Andrew Welchel -- / Katharine Sands -- / Katharine Sands -- / Debbie Babitt -- / Katharine Sands -- / Erin Reel -- / Amy Holman -- / Andrea Brown -- / Phoebe Collins -- / Elizabeth Zack -- / Robert Shepard -- / Katharine Sands -- / Peter Rubie -- / Lori Perkins -- / Patrick Lobrutto -- / Andrew Zack -- / Katharine Sands -- / Elizabeth Pomada -- / Tonianne Robino -- / Jandy Nelson -- / Jeff Herman -- / Katharine Sands. Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 31 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter 36 Chapter 37 Chapter 38 Chapter 39 Chapter 40