Caldwell added her perspective as a former editor: “I don’t really think an agent’s role ends when we sell the book,” she said, speculating that she’s “very hands on,” as she brings up marketing plans and blurb-seeking and uses her own contacts to bolster the process. Agents work with writers to polish their manuscripts and then send those manuscripts to editors, helping to negotiate contracts if a match is made, she said. Johnson described agenting as being the middleman between the writer and editor. “A lot of it is communicating with the authors,” Romero added, as well as communicating with the other departments involved in bringing a book to fruition. Hsu explained how editors read through agented submissions, taking acquired manuscripts through the approximately two-year publication process. The inaugural Middle Ground Book Fest came to a close on Sunday, August 2, with Back to the Future: What to Expect After 2020 in Middle Grade Publishing, a panel featuring Kaitlyn Johnson, literary agent at BelCastro Agency Shelly Romero, assistant editor at Scholastic Patrice Caldwell, literary agent at Howard Morhaim Literary Mabel Hsu, editor at HarperCollins/Tegen and Megan Manzano, literary agent at D4EO Literary.Īfter the introductions, moderator Janae Marks ( From the Desk of Zoe Washington, HarperCollins/Tegen), one of the festival’s cofounders, asked the panelists to describe their respective roles.
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