04348cam a2200349 a 4500 126598 20230410130534.0 040601s2004 wiu 001 0 eng d 13662237 2004541101 (OCoLC)ocm55518937 BIB BIB SRB DLC eng 0871162067 lccopycat PN 161 M235 2004 070.5/2 Making the perfect pitch : how to catch a literary agent's eye / edited by Katharine Sands. Waukesha, WI : The Writer Books, c2004. 287 p. ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 276-279) and index. Introduction / Katharine Sands -- Chapter 1. A morning in the life of a literary agent / James C. Vines -- Chapter 2. Five questions to ask before sending your query letter / Kristen Auclair -- Chapter 3. Notes to the new writer / Anna Ghosh -- Chapter 4. I am willing to be seduced, amazed, charmed, or moved / Sarah Jane Freymann -- Chapter 5. Practicing pitchcraft / Katharine Sands -- Chapter 6. Setting, protagonist, problem : an interview with Donald Maass / Katharine Sands -- Chapter 7. Talent always jumps off the page / Ethan Ellenbert -- Chapter 8. The providential diamond / Joseph Regal -- Chapter 9. Getting ahead of the curve : an interview with Robert Gottlieb / Katharine Sands -- Chapter 10. Niche your pitch : from first proposal to profitable career / Michael Larsen -- Chapter 11. It's the quirks that make it interesting : an interview with Barbara Lowenstein / Katharine Sands -- Chapter 12. Making your book into a movie / Laurie Horowitz -- Chapter 13. Pitches that worked / Rita Rosenkranz -- Chapter 14. In the singles bar of the literary persuasion / Esmond Harmsworth -- Chapter 15. The secret is reduction / Andrew Stuart -- Chapter 16. The serendipity of slush : an interview of Jane Dystel / Katharine Sands -- Chapter 17. I want to hear a diva do opera : an interview with Sheree Bykofsky / Katharine Sands -- Chapter 18. I love to tell a publisher: "Have I got a virgin for you!" : an interview with Harvey Klinger / Katharine Sands -- Chapter 19. 15 minutes to fame : pitching at a conference / Jason Cangialosi and Andrew Welchel -- Chapter 20. A nation of many tribes : an interview with Jim Fitzgerald / Katharine Sands -- Chapter 21. How much is a black dress? : an interview with Meredith Bernstein / Katharine Sands -- Chapter 22. Adventures in copywriting / Debbie Babitt -- Chapter 23. Don't be buffeted by whims : interview with David Vigliano / Katharine Sands -- Chapter 24. Booking in L.A. / Erin Reel -- Chapter 25. The art of the poetry pitch / Amy Holman -- Chapter 26. Pitching your children's book / Andrea Brown -- Chapter 27. Confessions of an acquisitions editor / Phoebe Collins -- Chapter 28. Crafting the nonfiction proposal / Elizabeth Zack -- Chapter 29. The nearly perfect proposal / Robert Shepard -- Chapter 31. The telling detail : an interview with John Ware / Katharine Sands -- Chapter 31. It has to be cutting-edge work / Peter Rubie -- Chapter 32. How I learned to sell sex, death, & rock 'n' roll / Lori Perkins -- Chapter 33. Pitchcraft, the Zen of, and the secrets of the galaxy / Patrick Lobrutto -- Chapter 34. The perfect pitch : low and inside / Andrew Zack -- Chapter 35. Intelligence and imagination : an interview with Ellen Levine / Katharine Sands -- Chapter 36. Publishing as a circus / Elizabeth Pomada -- Chapter 37. This pen for hire : pitching collaborative projects / Tonianne Robino -- Chapter 38. Pitch perfect : in three or four easy steps / Jandy Nelson -- Chapter 39. Pitch and catch : building a relationship / Jeff Herman -- Chapter 40. Selected resources : how to find and contact an agent / Katharine Sands. With advice from top agents and indestry experts, this book helps an author to sell his work by providing sample query letters, pitching techniques, etc. Authorship Marketing. Literary agents. Agentes literarios. Autoría. Autoría Marketing. Sands, Katharine. lcc bk dpf 75761 75761 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2023-04-10 1 0 PN 161 M235 2004 00000119546 2018-10-25 00:00:00 1 2018-10-25 bk