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Have you written the script for the next box office blockbuster or hit TV show and just need the right agent to sell it? Not sure whether to accept an if-come deal or a script commitment? Debating which manager is the right choice to steer your career? Well, worry no…

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An instruction manual on nurturing a writing career's most difficult, most fragile, and most important relationship: the agent. When I read the first chapter, I cried because, had I had this book at the beginning of my career, I never would've made the mistakes that made my writing life more difficult and less profitable. 

Because it's so excruciatingly difficult to get an agent, you do not want to screw up that precious relationship. This book would've kept me out of so much trouble! A mentor-in-book-form, it's jammed with excellent career advice, writing advice, and handling your agent advice. If I…

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