Fantastic Chat with Literary Agent Jamie Brenner

Last night literary agent Jamie Brenner replied to close to 40 questions over on AQ. There were 60 members from all across the world popping in and out of the chat. Whew! It was a busy place.

And what did I learn? A brief synopsis is anywhere from two paragraphs to two pages. Women’s Fiction can be considered to cover Chick Lit, Hen Lit, Granny Lit and the like. Agents don’t really like writers who’ve gone and self-published, they prefer a ‘fresh’ face and a ‘true’ debut writer. There are tons of great nuggets including word count and specific writing tips over in the transcripts. You will have to be a member to read them, but seeing as membership is free, what is there to lose?

There is a chat with author Tommy Newberry over on The Knight Agency website tonight.  I think I’ll check that one out too.

Enjoy!

Literary Agent Chat Tonight With Jamie Brenner

Welcome literary agent Jamie Brenner!

Jamie is a literary agent at Artists and Artisans Inc. in New York and will be chatting with AQ members on Agent Query tonight at 8 PM Eastern. If you are not a member, you can join for free.

Jamie has been involved in the world of publishing for the past ten years. She has been involved in literary publicity at HarperCollins, editing YA at BarnesandNoble.com, and scouting books and manuscripts for major film companies. She is now a literary agent and editor of the fabulous website Girl Meets Book. Talk about a list of fun jobs!

Jamie is currently looking for thrillers, commercial and women’s fiction, literary fiction, memoir, narrative nonfiction and books about pop culture/entertainment, but is eagerly seeking YA fiction and women’s fiction. If you are interested in submissions, check out the agency’s submission page.

I’ll be serving as chat moderator tonight, so come stop by and say hello to Jamie.

Literary Agent Chat: Jamie Brenner

If you are looking for the opportunity to ask a literary agent a question, the time is now! Okay, actually, it is next Tuesday (January 27th at 8PM Eastern). Agent Query will be holding a free online chat with literary agent Jamie Brenner of Artists and Artisans Inc.

“Jamie Brenner has spent the past decade in book publishing. Her experience includes literary publicity (HarperCollins Publishers), book selling (BarnesandNoble.com), and manuscript analysis and book scouting for major film companies (Miramax Films, Davis Entertainment).” –From the Artists and Artisans website.

She is also the editor of the fabulous site Girl Meets Book. “Whoever said that diamonds are a girl’s best friend clearly never understood the power of a great book.” Hi, my name is Jean and you had me from ‘hello’. Each week the site chooses a hot new release, and I must say there are some great looking books on that site. If my to be read pile wasn’t so huge I had to give it its own shelf, I’d be in there ordering like a dirty shirt. If say, dirty shirts could order books online.

“Jamie Brenner is actively seeking thrillers, commercial and women’s fiction, literary fiction, memoir, narrative nonfiction and books about pop culture/entertainment. She is happy to read first-time writers.”–From the Artists and Artisans website. Hmmm. That sounds like me. I wonder what her definition is for ‘women’s fiction’. Oh, would you look at that, I might just have my first question for her.

If you would like to join me and my best buddies over at Agent Query, make an account (it’s free) if you don’t have one already and log in on the 27th to ask her a question during the chat. You are also welcome to simply listen to her dispense wonderful literary knowledge to the many writers that will be there. And if you miss it, you can catch the ‘replay’, aka, transcripts.

Enjoy!