The Great Agent Hunt
Author: Hannah Dills
Original Publication Date in Love Notes: September 2008

Overwhelmed by the three-inch size of The Writer’s Market?  Are you finding The Guide to Literary Agents a little daunting to identify the perfect romance agent for your work?  Other romance authors have been there before, too.  

Try going online.  There are several websites that have lists of literary agents who specialize in the romance genre.  Here are a few of my favorites: 

www.publishersmarketplace.com -- Publishers Marketplace provides agents with an opportunity to create a page detailing what they are currently looking for, some of the works they represent, and how they prefer to see queries.  Best of all, you can perform searches to find the agent who is best for you.  So, if you would like to find an agent who represents both romance and children’s works, you can narrow down the list to suit your needs!

www.passionatepen.com -- The Passionate Pen site provides a list of agents who represent romances as well as links to their websites and their submissions guidelines.  There is also a handy Agent FAQ site that may be helpful if this is your first time to submit.

www.joanswan.com -- A romantic suspense author who managed to finally find the perfect agent for her work, Joan Swan has already done research in the literary industry to narrow down a list of agents.  She is nice enough to share her list with others!

www.geocities.com/romgateway/agents.html -- This is the Romance Web Gateway site, which provides a list of agents who represent romance along with their addresses and phone numbers. 

These sites help you spend more time writing and less on trying to track down an agent for all your hard work.  With a lot of the research done for you, its time to polish up your query letter and start submitting!   

Happy Hunting!

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