Because of the overall crowdedness, it is difficult envisioning what will stand out from the crowd. Romance is a tough market right now since it seems over saturated pretty much across the board. What shifts do you see in the romance genre today? Except I have to factor in salability with what I take on professionally. Megan Hart, Lauren Dane, Jenn Bennett, Katee Robert, Erin McCarthy, Jennifer Echols, Alexa Riley, HelenKay Dimonĭoes your taste for personal reading mirror or differ from your taste in manuscripts? Who are some of your better known clients? I will say that responding to email is pretty much a constant all day long. This is all just so I don’t have to change gears any more than I already do in any given work day and I think it helps me maximize my efficiency. I might try to schedule editor calls to land on the same day. So I will work on reviewing a batch of contracts all at once same with follow ups. My days are completely variable, though I personally try to regiment my days by like-tasks if I can. Some days I am editing or working on contracts. Some days I spend the bulk of my day pitching or doing follow ups. Sometimes I can get to a lot of things on my to-do list and sometimes some emergency pops up that pushes to the head of the line. There really isn’t such a thing as an average day. I do think that a client’s needs are equally well-served with either type of agency so long as they have a good relationship with their agent and the agency they work with has the ability to effectively sell their work, manage the revenue flow, negotiate contracts, exploit sub rights. As the boss, I can have control over who I hire, who I work with, what our overall business philosophy is, our ethics and business practices and that is very desirable to me. We may not always be a boutique-sized agency since I certainly hope we will steadily grow. Simply put, I prefer to be the boss, so that is why I run an agency instead of working for someone else. We currently have 5 agents total: myself, Natalie Lakosil, Sarah LaPolla, Kari Sutherland and Jen Chen Tran. Why do you prefer running a boutique agency over working with a larger one? Are clients equally well-served in both? Thank you, Laura, for joining us here at WomenWritersWomenBooks ! She continues to actively build her client list and is currently seeking work in the following genres: Romance (historical, romantic suspense, paranormal, category, contemporary, erotic), urban fantasy, women’s fiction, mystery, thrillers, young adult, upper Middle Grade as well as some select non-fiction. Her recent sales include books placed with Penguin Random House, Grand Central, Harlequin, Kensington, Simon and Schuster, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Sourcebooks, Hyperion, and many others. During her own misadventures as a writer, Laura came to understand the importance of having a friendly but critical eye on your side, a career strategist in your corner and a guide who can lead you through the travails of publication. She considers herself an editorial-focused agent and takes a hands-on approach to developing proposals and manuscripts with her authors for the most appropriate markets. Laura Bradford established the Bradford Literary Agency in 2001. Our mission at the Bradford Literary Agency is to form true partnerships with our clients and build long-term relationships that extend from writing the first draft through the length of the author’s career. The Bradford Literary Agency is a boutique agency which offers a full range of representation services to authors who are both published and pre-published.
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