Two books under my care have sold over 500,000 copies 😭
Carly Watters || Literary Agent (she/her)
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Carly Watters || Literary Agent (she/her)
@carlywatters
Senior Lit Agent @PSLiterary
MA in Publishing Studies @CityUniLondon
Co-host of @TSNOTYAW
VP of Professional Assoc. of Canadian Literary Agents
- What I like to know on “the call” ☎️
- 9 themes/trend predictions that will define 2023 — from a literary agent. Here we go! 1. Authors will embrace trade paperbacks. With economics being what they are right now hardcover is not viable for consumers on a regular basis. And with paper costs going up globally
- I *tried* to get this all into one place for you. What do agents do? Here you go 👇🏻
- Has anyone written an article about toxic positivity in the publishing industry yet? Because this business is ripe with it. With marketing pushed onto authors’ shoulders & yet they don’t get any data shared with them they’re just expected to keep their heads up and keep going.
- “I think women writers are often pigeon-holed into ‘women’s fiction’ or ‘beach reads,’ especially if they are talking about domestic topics. When male authors write about the same topics, they are considered ‘literary.’ In fact, there’s no such thing as a ‘men’s fiction,’” 👇🏻Literary agent @carlywatters is a tastemaker and trendsetter in the book world. Here's her take on the business of books, emerging trends and how the publishing industry is evolving. womeninourtown.com/literary-taste…
- Some books take 2 weeks to sell and some books take 2 years and that's just the way it is. Keep going.
- Sitting on 8 deal announcements, twiddling my thumbs, waiting for the opening bell tomorrow for publishing to begin again! The book business is booming & I'm choosing optimism this year. I'm choosing to celebrate success. I'm choosing to clap for everyone's wins.
- Stumped on how to title your book? - Go to the last paragraph of your manuscript & find your favorite turn of phrase. Bingo. - What's one word that summarizes your character's main dilemma? Add a "The" in front. - What's the inciting incident? Add a "The" in front.
- Reminder to writers that it is appreciated when you send content warnings or trigger warnings. It can be mentioned at the top of the synopsis or bottom of your query. So you might ask: what does this mean?
- I've been an agent with my own list for TEN years. Thanks for believing in me @CurtisPSLA. Here's my ten bits of advice after ten years of doing this (incredible! wild! bonkers! exciting! fun! exhausting!) job:
- I can now say that I've helped *three* authors hit the fabulous *1 million unit sales* mark and I can't wait to keep adding to that number!
