What Agents Are Looking For

There's been so great post on agent blogs lately about what exactly they want to see in their slush pile so it's time for some linkage (ahd here's fair warning that I may use a lot of linkage-type post for blog posts during Nano):

Weronika Janczuk's agent wish list

Mandy Hubbard Wishlist

Kathleen Ortiz Expanding what she's looking to sign

Every couple of months, Donald Maass lists on his agency's website what they are looking for. Click here for the link.

Enjoy the linkage!

Awesome contest for writers!

Here is a super cool contest that you might want to enter (I did!). The prizes:

1 Lucky Winner will receive a critique of their first 30-40 pages by the fabulous Suzie Townsend + a pack of Twizzlers + a copy of Hex Hall

3 Lucky Winners will receive a query letter critique by one of these three agent extraordinaires: Kathleen Ortiz, Joanna Stampfel-Volpe, or Colleen Lindsay (One agent will be randomly assigned to each winner.)

1 Winner will receive a writer's survival guide consisting of Twizzlers, a copy of Silver Phoenix and When You Reach Me, and a cute notebook and pen

1 Lucky winner will score a lunch date with THE Janet Reid and THE Suzie Townsend. Um, yeah, that's not a typo. (I'm tempted to enter myself. Would it be so wrong?) Unfortunately, this is not a free trip to NYC. BUT if you live in the NYC area, or whenever you're visiting NYC? You. Janet. Suzie. LUNCH.