TY - BOOK AU - Sands,Katharine TI - Making the perfect pitch: how to catch a literary agent's eye SN - 0871162067 AV - PN 161 M235 2004 U1 - 070.5/2 PY - 2004/// CY - Waukesha, WI PB - The Writer Books KW - Authorship KW - Marketing KW - Literary agents KW - Agentes literarios KW - Autoría N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -