Article 5KKT5 Why do writers need agents? To keep track of the rejections

Why do writers need agents? To keep track of the rejections

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Chris Paling
from World news | The Guardian on (#5KKT5)

That 10% fee buys a novelist like me more than the chance of a big book deal - from a hand with the DIY to a shoulder to cry on after yet another knockback

A few weeks after the sudden death of my agent, Deborah Rogers, in 2014 the colleague deputed to take me on phoned. I've found something in Deborah's desk."

Yes?"

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