Literaticast - 54: Meet the Agent! With Associate Agent Paige Terlip

54: Meet the Agent! With Associate Agent Paige Terlip

03/31/22 • 50 min

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New agents can be great to query, as they have a lot of energy and are actively building their lists! Paige Terlip is an Associate Agent at ABLA. She's been an agent for just over a year and she's already making a splash with great clients and sales. Paige and I talk about her philosophy of agenting, her feelings about rejection, and what she is looking for in a client. Plus, she helps me answer some listener questions about everything from query tips to the state of publishing.

Shownotes, with links to more info and the books we discussed: https://www.jenniferlaughran.com/literaticast

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53: Keeping it Honest, with guest author Maggie Tokuda-Hall

My guest today is author Maggie Tokuda-Hall, who writes picture books, graphic novels, YA, fiction, non-fiction... basically a little bit of everything! She talks about her experiences with an MFA program (and questions you might ask yourself if you are thinking of going to such a program). She also discusses how she juggles writing in multiple categories, managing creative ebb and flow, and how (in the words of MT Anderson), "a change of pace is the same as taking a break." We also talk about her latest picture book, LOVE IN THE LIBRARY, which is especially close to her heart as it is the true story of her grandparents and how they met as prisoners in an Incarceration Camp. She's a genius and I'm so excited for you to get to know her!

Show notes (with links to everything we talked about) can be found at https://www.jenniferlaughran.com/literaticast

Next Episode

55: Into the Creative Labyrinth with Sara Zarr

Award-winning YA author (and podcast host!) Sara Zarr joins me to talk about the joys and challenges of crafting a sustainable writerly life. She has practical and inspirational insights for newbies and mid-career authors alike in her new book, This Creative Life: A Handbook for Writers, from the myth of "genius", to best practices for getting feedback, to the realities of dealing with procrastination and burnout -- and we discuss all of it. We also chat about her brand-new middle grade novel, bonus Pirates, dead eyes, Harry Styles and MORE!

Check out the show notes for links (and a special surprise for listeners!):

https://www.jenniferlaughran.com/literaticast