Amazon Red Writing Hood Ink Category:  Publishing Publisher: Red Writing Hood Ink ISBN-10:  0974825255 Type: Non-Fiction Pages: 80 Copyright: November 2004 An inside look at the business of a literary agency with insight into what agents expect and what writers can and should expect from their agent. A literary agent explains the process of obtaining and keeping an agent while illustrating the important aspects of contact, etiquette and more. The stories of an angent's encounters with authors are sprinkled with a bit of humor, clearly illustrating the wrong way to approach an agent.  Excerpt Common questions answered in this book include: "Query? What the heck is a query?" "I sent my material to an agent over two months ago. Why haven't they answered?" "What is the big deal about unsolicited manuscripts? Phone calls?"

Amy Brozio-Andrews, Managing Editor and International Markets Columnist for Absolute Write
Williams writing style is straightforward yet friendly... The book is especially helpful to aspiring writers because she includes a complete query and book proposal for readers to use as examples in developing their own. Williams lays out all the parts of each piece, and explains all the components of a successful writer s pitch. With a copy of An Agents Point of View, it s like having your own personal agent looking over your shoulder, pointing out all the things you re doing right (and wrong).

A. E. Rought, author of
...speaks the truth and lays the cold hard facts of this business out in an easy to understand format for authors.

Everything You Wanted to Know About Getting Published
Seldom does a book appear that touches every aspect of what writers want and need to know about the art and business of getting published. But Sheri Williams' "An Agent's Point of View" does it all . . . and more. What a resourceful and highly informative work it is! As a published author and professor of writing, I have scoured book after book for the information Ms. Williams' offers in her valuable guide on a wide range of writing topics, from creating queries, formatting manuscripts, designing proposals, right down to the etiquette and ethics of agent-writer relationships. It's all here! Her writing is so smooth, her information is presented in an easy-to-read manner, and her words are so valuable that I wish I had this book before I began my journey to becoming a 14-book published author and critiquer of hundreds and hundreds of manuscripts. Take it from me - from someone who knows, from someone who has sweated through query and proposal writing, from someone who has received enough rejections to wallpaper her entire home -- that this is a must-have book for anyone who is tackling the challenge of writing. Ms. Williams has the nuts and bolts down pat, and gives it all in a most entertaining and understandable manner. It's a great job all around by an excellent writer!

Gianni Hayes, Ph.D -Author