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You're not likely to land an agent with just an idea. Finding a reputatable agent will likely require a completed, polished manuscript. You can get usually feedback from professional agents on your work by attending writer's conferences where agents are scheduling one-to-one meetings with writers. It will usually require a fee in advance for the agent to review your opening pages but worst case scenario is you get feedback on the quality of your writing and the uniqueness of your idea, and best case is the agent asks to see more. Good luck with your book idea.

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JT,

 

We recently asked a writer how she found her agent. This was her reply. It contains excellent advice on steps she took to find her agent:

 

"Regarding finding an agent -- as is known throughout the writing industry -- the best way to find an agent is to write a good book. To expand further on that idea, I would add that in order to write a good book a person needs to become immersed in the writing world -- join local groups, go on line, join a writing review workshop, take writing classes either on line or in person, etc. 

 

For me, the worst information came from unpublished writers, the best information came from Writer's Digest. I watched free on line lectures and paid for some that were specific to my genre. When I heard a speaker mention or quote someone else, I would look up that person on line and find out what they could offer. Most of the time, in order to get good, accurate information, I would have to pay for an on line lecture and/or buy a book. The most startling thing I learned after doing research was that everything I had learned in my college writing classes about what it takes to write good literature had nothing to do with real world writing/selling and applying these college bound ideas to my writing actually set me back.

 

Also, through research, I found out about different subjects pertinent to writing and selling books. Where I was weak I would research that specific topic through on line lectures, local classes, and/or buying a recommended book. For example: writing query letters, the craft of writing, writing for teen market, etc.. 

 

Once I targeted appropriate agents (through directories, online listings, word of mouth, industry news articles), I would go to their website and research them, sign up to follow them on twitter and/or facebook, sign up for any lectures they were giving on line and/or buy any books on writing they had written, I read their blogs and any books in my genre that they had agented and successfully sold (usually through the library, so I wouldn't have to buy them) in order to observe the author's writing style, plot, etc.

 

Well, I hope this info helps."

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