Agent & Editor Interviews - 2010
Registered attendees may arrange one-on-one interviews with agents Eleanor Jackson, and Al Longdens,
or editor Faith Black during the course of the conference on Saturday. These will be made on
a "first come, first served" basis as time slots are available. Requests may
be made at time of registration, thus entering your name higher in the queue.
Register on-line by clicking on the "Register" button to the left.
Please note. Each of the agent and editor has a limited number of interview slots.
Registration does not guarantee an interview, as the interview slots may fill up. If you want to be certain
of an interview, please register early. Also, please don't ask for multiple interviews when you register. If, after 9:30 on
Saturday there are empty slots, you may sign up for an interview with another person.
Register on-line by clicking on the "Register" button on the top left of this page.
Advance Writing Samples
Those whose paid registration is received by April 1 may ALSO submit one writing
sample to be read by either the editor Faith Black or agent Al Longden or agent Eleanor Jackson
before the conference. Be sure to specify which person you want to receive your writing sample.
(Please read the guidelines for each person listed below.)
This can be a basis for the personal interview.
However, please note,only a limited number of samples will be accepted by each. And these will be
accepted on a "first come, first served" basis. Date of paid registration will be used in determining order of requests.
Please check the type of books each is interested in -- and NOT interested in -- seeing. Check it carefully.
If your work is something the agent or editor does not want to represent, it will not be sent to her or him. (This is not
being difficult. But if you take a slot with something that the editor or agent has said they are not interested in, you may be
keeping someone with a piece perfectly suited to the reader from getting it to the right person.) Please read the
specific guide lines for each agent or editor BEFORE submitting a writing sample. Thanks. It will help us all.
Faith Black said, "I would particularly like to see cozy mysteries,
westerns, womens fiction, literary fiction. No non-fiction, no romance, no sci-fi/fantasy, no YA, no erotica."
She will accept the first 2 chapters, or 20 pages, whichever is smaller.
Al Longden likes general fiction, mysteries, and some paranormal. On the non-fiction side, he is interested in biographies,
and books on business, investing, and finance.
"I love old fashioned story telling in the mode of a Biggers, Conan Doyle, Rohmer, Haggard, Kipling, Bourroughs and Stevenson.
More recently, E. Peters, the pre-born again Anne Rice, Hillerman, Laurie King and Childs.
Look to these authors with a creative current-thinking attitude and you'll have something."
Send the first 2 chapters, or 20 pages, whichever is smaller.
Eleanor Jackson likes "literary fiction, non-fiction
(I particularly like food, science, politics and history,) memoirs, commercial women’s fiction, young adult,
mystery, thriller, romance. In terms of format: I prefer that writers send me a paragraph long synopsis,
author bio and the first 20 page."
Do NOT send samples directly to any of these three. The samples should come to NETWO, who will forward
them to the proper person, thus guaranteeing them a reading before the conference.
Samples should be mailed in order to arrive at NETWO no later than April 1. On April 1, they will be bundled up and sent to the
appropriate person, so if your entry does not arrive by April 1, it cannot be included in those sent to agent or editor. Allow ample time
for the U.S. Postal Service to deliver your package by April 1. This is no April fool joke.
NETWO cannot be responsible if your sample does not arrive on time.
Mail the
sample to: NETWO, P.O. Box 411, Winfield, TX 75493.
Of course, the samples should be formatted appropriately for submission to an agent or an editor.
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