/lit/ - Literature

I was an associate agent at a prominent literary agency in NYC. I quit in 2019 because the market is in decline, no one wanted to adapt to find modern solutions, and I'm young enough to change my career.

It was amazing in some ways. The old guard of agents that I worked with were legendary. They represented people like Kerouac, Malcolm Lowry, back when being an agent was a lot like being a drinking buddy. They were brilliant.

And it was terrible in other ways. Starvation wages. My co-workers were becoming increasingly humorless English majors, with no sales background, and no color to their personalities.

Anyway, if you wanna know what goes on behind the scenes in an agency and how to find and agent and get your book sold, fire away.