What is your role at the agency? Assistant to Tanera Simons. How did you get into publishing? I studied law at university and then worked in aviation for 20 years until I decided to pursue working with my real love – books! I started as an intern here at Darley Anderson before becoming Tanera’s permanent…
Darley Anderson Open Week!
We are excited to announce that the Darley Anderson Agency will be launching our first Virtual Open Week! Running from Monday 27th June until Friday 1st July the Agency will be opening our virtual doors with a variety of online events for authors and book lovers everywhere! With Twitter Q&As and Pitch Contests, Instagram lives,…
Submissions: Lockdown and Submitting
Submissions: Lockdown and Submitting With the continued presence of Covid and Government restrictions affecting our day to day lives, the Darley Anderson Agency is continuing to work remotely. But how does this affect your submission? We have received numerous questions about how we are operating during the pandemic and the UK’s third national lockdown. So…
Submissions: The Covering Letter
Submissions: The Covering Letter If you ask any published author, each and every one will tell you of the pain of the submission process. So we’re starting a new series on our blog to help you get the most out of your submissions. Now there are plenty of wonderful resources in our archives that deal…
Submissions: FAQs
Submissions: FAQs We had a fantastic response to our last submissions post outlining what we look for in a covering letter. If you haven’t had a chance to read it yet then go check it out. Now that you have the basis for a strong covering letter, we want to make sure that you have…
Rejection: An Agent’s Perspective
Rejection – we’ve all faced it at some point. If you’re a prospective author submitting to agents, you’ll know more than most how it feels to get that email that dashes your hopes. Sending your submission out into the world is an incredibly exciting – not to mention nerve-wracking – moment, so it’s only natural…
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