If you ever want to write professionally, stay away from these agents at all costs. So, here it is, the list of the 20 Worst Agents of All Time:<\/p>\n
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None of these agents has a significant track record of sales to commercial (advance-paying) publishers, and most have virtually no documented and verified sales at all (many sales claimed by these agents turn out to be vanity publishers). All charge clients before a sale is made, whether directly, by charging fees such as reading or administrative fees, or indirectly, for “editing services.”<\/p>\n Writer Beware suggests that writers searching for agents avoid questionable agents, and instead query agents who have actual track records of sales to commercial publishing houses.<\/p>\n THE LIST:<\/p>\n * The Abacus Group Literary Agency * Martin-McLean Literary Associates <\/i>– Victoria<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you ever want to write professionally, stay away from these agents at all costs. So, here it is, the list of the 20 Worst Agents of All Time: http:\/\/absolutewrite.com\/forums\/showthread.php?t=28961 Below is a list of the 20 agents about which … Continue reading
\n* Allred and Allred Literary Agents (refers clients to “book doctor” Victor West of Pacific Literary Services)
\n* Capital Literary Agency (formerly American Literary Agents of Washington, Inc.)
\n* Barbara Bauer Literary Agency
\n* Benedict & Associates (also d\/b\/a B.A. Literary Agency)
\n* Sherwood Broome, Inc.
\n* Desert Rose Literary Agency
\n* Arthur Fleming Associates
\n* Finesse Literary Agency (Karen Carr)
\n* Brock Gannon Literary Agency
\n* Harris Literary Agency
\n* The Literary Agency Group, which includes the following:
\nChildren’s Literary Agency
\nChristian Literary Agency
\nNew York Literary Agency
\nPoets Literary Agency
\nThe Screenplay Agency
\nStylus Literary Agency (formerly ST Literary Agency)
\nWriters Literary & Publishing Services Company (the editing arm of the above-mentioned agencies)<\/p>\n
\n* Mocknick Productions Literary Agency, Inc.
\n* B.K. Nelson, Inc.
\n* The Robins Agency (Cris Robins)
\n* Michele Rooney Literary Agency (also d\/b\/a Creative Literary Agency and Simply Nonfiction)
\n* Southeast Literary Agency
\n* Mark Sullivan Associates
\n* West Coast Literary Associates (also d\/b\/a California Literary Services)<\/p>\n