Literary Agent Follow Up

Thanks to those who commented on my Literary Agent post. I want to share a few of them with you.

Devon Matthews left me a link for

Preditors and Editors
This website is so full of information for writers, that I am going to bookmark it for reading little by little.

Suzanne reminded not to forget Query Tracker and to look up an agent via Absolute Write. Great stuff there, go and see for yourself.

Sunflower gave me great food for thought; American agents are interested in any book that is exciting & well written -- look at the success of the Harry Potter books -- very British and at the same time oh so popular here. So don't let that stop you. :) Make your queries to the agents so appealing and intriguing they cannot fail to ask you for the manuscript. I've met a few agents at writer's conferences and they all seem quite eager to work with new authors. Make sure you find an agent who specializes in your field. You are very far from the markets, so I would suggest that an agent based in New York or Los Angeles would be better for you than one elsewhere in the US. Develop a knock-your-socks off "log" line [one line of plot explanation] that will hook your agent. Send them exactly what they want as per their requirements -- nothing less and really don't try any gimmicks. And ask them a lot of questions and get a dialogue going. You're interviewing them as much as they are you.

Thanks for your input folks!