Good and Bad Agents

Chip offers very good advice regarding spotting scams and knowing which agents are trustworthy. In particular, Chip mentions several web sites created specifically to combat this problem including:

Agent Query
Agent Research & Evaluation
Association of Authors’ Representatives, Inc. (AAR)
Guide To Literary Agents
Preditors and Editors
Writer Beware

Read now at Chip MacGregor .com: New Talk About Agents.
UPDATE! Chip has continued [...]

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Eats, Shoots & Leaves (CD) by Lynne Truss

(OK, this is not a review of a book, but there are book versions of this CD!)
What a great idea: teach punctuation with humor. Genius! Although non-British audiences might have some trouble understanding some of the terms (periods are referred to as points, for example), Eats, Shoots & Leaves (CD) by Lynne Truss is the most concise [...]

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