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the public query slushpile agent interview jessica faust of bookends llc skip to main skip to sidebar jul 8 2009 agent interview jessica faust of bookends llc attention slushpile readers jessica faust a literary agent with bookends llc was gracious enough with her time to respond to an interview request thank you jessica she also maintains the bookends blog which is well worth your time if you are not already a regular reader i see some of your names in the comments regularly so without further ado 1 what is the most recent novel you ve read that was not directly related to your job as an agent i ve actually just started my sister s keeper by jodi piccoult i m embarrassed to say this has been sitting on my nightstand since the book was first published and i m just now getting around to it 2 what did you like best about that book so far the best i can say is that her writing is really amazing 3 what is the most challenging aspect of your job these days i think it s keeping all of the balls in the air my inbox right now has 300 unanswered emails and there are a stack of requested proposals sitting in my office unfortunately those all have to wait while i work with my clients to revise and edit their proposals and manuscripts sometimes multiple times negotiate and review contracts and generally answer any and all questions they might have of course adding the blog to my daily to do list certainly doesn t help keep my schedule light but it s something i love so i think i ll keep it 4 what is the most rewarding aspect of your job overall it s that i get to do what i love every single day as a child i loved nothing more then losing myself in a book and now i get paid to do just that i admire writers because i know i don t have the fortitude to sit and put 100 000 words on paper and have them make sense so in my mind i get to do the next best thing and it appeals more to my strengths i get to be the right hand woman to those writers and really work with them to make their dreams become reality 5 how do the following factors influence the genres you rep network of editors you know while there s no doubt that comes into play the truth is that i don t worry about it too much if i really love a project i can always add new editors to my network and i do on a daily basis current anticipated market conditions to some degree certainly when erotic romance first started to hit big i was lucky enough to have seen it coming and have a couple of really great authors in my stable ready to go however as i will always say we can t write or agent to the market so while i m less likely to take on a book if i think the market might be tough if the book is really great i m going to go for it anyway personal reading preference i think this is probably the greatest influence but what i think authors need to understand is that it s different then say your personal reading preference what i read for pleasure and how i read for work are two very different things when i say personal reading preference with my agent hat on i mean books that i enjoy that i get excited about and that i think i can sell it doesn t necessarily mean a book i can just curl up on my couch and read that would be too easy posted by rick daley at 8 00 am labels agent interview 14 comments alexis grant said thanks for this glad jessica posted a link on twitter today because it led me to your blog i m about to sniff around now july 8 2009 at 8 19 am jennifer said thanks for posting this i love agent interviews not only are they interesting they ve really helped me understand the publishing world thanks to you and thanks to jessica july 8 2009 at 8 55 am kwana said great interview thanks to you and jessica july 8 2009 at 9 04 am debra lynn shelton said thanks for this jessica s one of my faves it s great to hear her views outside of her blog and website well done july 8 2009 at 9 54 am monikas said great job rick at making this blog a great tool and resource for writers and thank you jessica for taking the time to answer the questions what do you know agents are human after all july 8 2009 at 10 04 am tricia j o brien said when i hear about the volume of queries and partials that agents receive i am reminded how important it is for writers to be informed and have their work as polished as they can before submission interviews like this and blogs like rick s are steps we can take to get our work out of the slush pile and into someone s hands thanks to both jessica and rick july 8 2009 at 11 08 am lori folkman said thank you for doing this interview rick and jessica love to get a view from the inside july 8 2009 at 12 35 pm elana johnson said great information thanks rick and jessica i love getting inside the mind of an agent july 8 2009 at 1 47 pm laura martone said thanks rick for arranging this interview i am ever impressed by your efforts to help educate and reassure your fellow writers and thanks jessica for taking some time out of your way busy day phew to share your insights with us they are much appreciated july 9 2009 at 1 55 am mira said this is very cool thanks so much jessica for taking time to do this it s fun to learn more about you very generous of you to take the time rick i continue to be impressed with the query slushpile as a resource i wish more people would take advantage of this extremely useful and free service and it s not just a benefit to the person who is being given feedback giving feedback is a great way to learn about queries in general what a great idea to do an agent interview it may help to get the word out july 9 2009 at 12 58 pm rick daley said mira thanks for your words of encouragement the interview did draw in many new visitors i had 204 hits yesterday it was the highest traffic day since nathan bransford included the slushpile in a twip post back in march i also had several new queries for us to feast on including an incredible on for a profusion of want that i think is one of the best i ve read so far a lot of people give me credit but i m just an enabler it s the community who follows the blog that comprises its value july 9 2009 at 2 01 pm mira said yes rick this is an extremely valuable service i just think the word needs to get out and stay out btw can i suggest that you put a special sidebar link to this interview at the top so people can find it easily jessica is a well known agent and this is an interesting interview those who just click in might notice it and be intrigued with the way posts move so quickly july 9 2009 at 9 13 pm rick daley said good idea mira i just added it under the query and writing resources menu and i moved the menu up closer to the top july 9 2009 at 9 16 pm mira said cool rick july 10 2009 at 12 37 am post a comment newer post older post home subscribe to post comments atom submit queries here submit queries here query and writing resources agentquery com genre descriptions agentquery com how to write a query colleen lindsay word counts and novel length 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