Month: February 2023

Literary agents, and acquiring editors, and publishers are considered often considered the gatekeepers of book publishing. Writers must get “through” them to get their books traditionally published. A literary agent is a professional who represents authors and their written works to publishers, film producers, and other potential buyers. The role of a literary agent is…

One of the main choices an author has to make when writing a narrated story is which verb tense to use. Many readers and writers alike will tell you that you have only two tenses to choose from: the past or the present.  (Because English does not actually have a future tense—i.e., an inflected future…