Jul 7, 2026 · 1 hr 20 min · 8 segments
Gatekeepers, cheerleaders, partners-in-crime, the person you call to talk you down from a panic attack, or the person standing in the way of your dream. Literary agents have been labeled many…
Meredith HambrockHost
Brianna LabuskesHostI think, um, yeah, finding your agent is always like a very, uh, personal thing.
And, um, there's a ton of resources out there, and I think you should just like listen to as many different people as you can, and then go forth on your own as you have in your writing life.
That is all the advice that I can give you [laughs] on the business side of it.
There are like so many resources now these days, where it's like if you are struggling with your query or whatever or like understanding what agent to get, there are like tons.
And there's even like podcasts that, you know, critique query letters, so like there is lots of resources.
I, like, I do a bit of mentorship, and I help people, um, develop m- manuscripts.
Um, so if you're, like, working on a revision, and you wanna, like, work with an author, and you feel like that that would help you grow, you can work with me.
Um, and someone asked me for help with a query, and I tried, and I was like, "I don't even know if I'm making this better at, at this point." And then I-
[laughs] And I was like, "This was never, ever my strong suit." Um, I did an MFA in creative writing, so we knew a, like, a little bit about agents, but it was very much, um...
I think, um, yeah, finding your agent is always like a very, uh, personal thing.
And, um, there's a ton of resources out there, and I think you should just like listen to as many different people as you can, and then go forth on your own as you have in your writing life.
That is all the advice that I can give you [laughs] on the business side of it.
There are like so many resources now these days, where it's like if you are struggling with your query or whatever or like understanding what agent to get, there are like tons.
And there's even like podcasts that, you know, critique query letters, so like there is lots of resources.
I, like, I do a bit of mentorship, and I help people, um, develop m- manuscripts.
Um, so if you're, like, working on a revision, and you wanna, like, work with an author, and you feel like that that would help you grow, you can work with me.
Um, and someone asked me for help with a query, and I tried, and I was like, "I don't even know if I'm making this better at, at this point." And then I-
[laughs] And I was like, "This was never, ever my strong suit." Um, I did an MFA in creative writing, so we knew a, like, a little bit about agents, but it was very much, um...
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