Agents, Authors, and Integrity

In this episode, we discuss some recent news in the writing world, specifically examples of agent and author behaviors that show a lack of integrity, and the reactions of the writing community.

I’m still learning about audio production, but I think this episode is worlds better in that respect than the previous one!

The intro music is “For Her Chill Upbeat Summel Travel Vlog and IG Music Royalty Free Use” by Lidérc from Pixabay.

Links for more information:

• Author posing as a person of a different heritage while querying

• Thread with an idea about a universal system for querying

• Thread about how the querying process isn’t working for many people in the system

• A substack post by Gabino Iglesias which addresses the recent agent news and discusses agents in general, in what I feel is a fairly balanced way.

• Apparently the chances of getting a literary agent are 1 in 6000, according to this source.