
I started my agent hunt in 2002 with a completely different non-fiction book than The Jersey Shore, Atlantic City to Cape May: Great Destinations: A Complete Guide: Including the Wildwoods (Great Destinations)
I guess there's a happy ending to that story if not that particular book since my first book is coming out in May, but I still don't have an agent. I brokered the deal with Countryman Press on my own because I wanted to write this book for them instead of, for example, shopping it around to other publishers. I'm was also comfortable negotiating the book contract since I handle my magazine contracts solo.
I don't know if I'll try to get an agent for book two, whatever book two may be. If I go back to that original non-fiction manuscript? Absolutely. Hopefully I'll have better luck the second time around.
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