Who
is your target audience? Have you ever been asked that question by an editor or
an agent? I have. You want to have a ready answer when you reply. Is your book for
middle graders, young adults, children, adults? Be specific. In literary agent Chuck
Sambuchino’s post, “Who is your target reader?” on the Writers Digest blog, he notes: “See this question as an opportunity
to show both the businesslike and passionate sides of yourself – i.e., why this
is a marketable book and why you alone of all the souls on earth were born to
write it.”
For
more on this topic and for a blog roll of literary agents, visit his site above.
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On
another note, I enjoyed reading an essay by Michael Sims, “Some
Book: Celebrating 60 Years of ‘Charlotte’s Web,’” in the New York Times. I
think you will enjoy it too.
“Always
be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.” ― E. B. White