Re: Path to a literary agent...

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Fiction writers (esp new ones) need the entire book written first.
Nonfiction writers need a strong proposal, but not the whole book. 
On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:50:12 -0800 (PST) Billy Goodnick
<billygoodnick@yahoo.com> writes:
> I've been hearing conflicting advice about finding a literary agent 
> for a non-fiction, humorous garden design book concept I'm working 
> on. My reasoning for going the agent route is that I intend to "be" 
> more than a book and am seeking someone interested in a 
> multi-faceted client who can also work in TV, lecturing, etc. 
> 
> My readings and discussions seem to point to A) having a 
> well-constructed outline/TOC for the book, a few sample chapters and 
> possibly a professionally designed layout of a few sample pages; 
> then B) starting the query letter process and having the 
> above-mentioned proposal ready to go. 
> 
> However, yesterday I attended my first writer's group meeting and 
> the unanimous consensus (5 people; all fiction writers) is that I 
> need to have the entire book written before I start the query 
> process. 
> 
> I am not interested in the self-publishing route at this time (but 
> that could end up being an option). 
> 
> Your thoughts?
> 
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