Literary Agent Question?

No, that's pretty much completely wrong. I know writers who have never met their agent in person and some who only did so after the agent had a reason to come to their area, like for a writer's conference or something. Everything you do with an agent can be done by phone, email, and fax. You want the best agent you can get and that often means one in the NY area because that's where the publishers are. A literary agent who lives in Dallas or California or anywhere, if they are good, spend a lot of time in NY working editors and selling their client's work. Having said that, getting a chance to meet agents at a good writer's conference is helpful I'm going to include a link to the one sponsored by the writer's organization I belong to so you can see what they're like. Good luck with your book.

Not necessarily. Agents don't have time to meet with everyone face to face all the time, so they do much of their business over the phone, by e-mail, or via the post office. Find an agent that handles books like yours and who is open to new clients. Check the Guide to Literary Agents for more info.

There's also a great blog about agents (with links to other sites.)

http://www.guidetoliteraryagents.com/blog/

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