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Finding a Literary Agent Australian-Style

What’s a literary agent do? Well, hopefully bring your work to the attention of publishers, negotiate contracts for you, negotiate the sale of rights and reprints, etc. They need to have (among other things) a superior knowledge of copyright issues, rights issues and have excellent contacts in the writing and publishing industry. They generally take 10-15% of your earnings –
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The Ice Age

iceageOn top of the reading pile at the mo is Kirsten Reed’s The Ice Age. Intriguing story, great craft in the writing … I continue to read … http://www.textpublishing.com.au/books-and-authors/author/kirsten-reed/

‘We stopped at a roadside diner. People asked if I was his daughter. They ask all the time. Hoping, accusing. We never
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