Agent Courtney

Yesterday, the Pulitzer* committee decided (for the first time since 1977) not to award a Pulitzer Prize for fiction . I'm not on the co...

SPOILER ALERT, if you're not caught up on the following: Bones (TV) Mad Men (TV) Brilliant advice from my SJGA colleague Lindsay Ribar, ...

“Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.” -Josh Billings

Lots of good stuff here . "Leave out the parts readers tend to skip," indeed.

Are you an introvert, an extrovert, or an ambivert ? Most writers, in my experience, tend to be introverts-- maybe it's easier to glue y...

1. Write a synopsis of the novel-- the whole thing. There are two good ways to do this, for the purposes of this exercise: one is to reread ...

This morning, I got out of bed, washed my face, looked in the mirror and sighed. I haven’t had a hair cut in ages, and trying to do anything...

"As you know, Bob." Are you familiar with this phrase? We (agents and editors) use it a lot as a shorthand. It's a first cousi...

If you're reading this, I'm guessing this link is going to prove useful. Which one is your biggest bugaboo? I've narrowed it do...

For last year's words belong to last year's language And next year's words await another voice. -T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets ( Li...

...just swamped with client-related work, unusually so for the post-Thanksgiving "lull." But here's your chance to tell me all...

I'm on Day Four of Crazy Week and, I have to say, pretty delighted with my progress. (If you've queried me recently, sorry to say t...

Here's a quick prompt for anyone who needs a NaNoWriMo (or other) boost: What's the one thing your protagonist most fears? Make that...

Hi everybody! November's a busy month around these parts, too-- I try to get as many things wrapped up before Thanksgiving as I can, so ...

Day Two! I'm hoping you're not actively procrastinating on your NaNoWriMo project just yet, but if the excitement's starting to ...

Today's the day! How's everyone doing so far? Post your word counts in the comment section!

Tomorrow's the day: the official start of NaNoWriMo 2011. All over the country (really, the world!), writers are sharpening their pencil...

The response on the last post was pretty overwhelming-- yay!-- it sounds like a TON of people are gearing up for NaNoWriMo this year. So let...

According to the countdown clock on the official website , the start of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) is only five days away! I...

Here's another writing prompt for you. The Best Money I Ever Spent I'm really eager to hear what you come up with for this one, so l...