The Shocking Truth About Whether You Really Need an Agent Revealed!
An agent may also give you some help on editing your manuscript, planning your career, or washing your cat. But none of these are the main job of an agent. If you need help editing your manuscript, but you don’t intend to sell it to a traditional publisher, then you should hire a freelance editor, not an agent. If you need help managing your career, but you don’t plan on working with traditional publishers, then hire a life coach, not an agent. If you ask your agent to wash your cat, you’re going to have one angry cat and one very unhappy agent.
