“So I'll compile a list of people I think would be good fits for a particular project. And then I usually submit it to eight or ten people to start with and see how that goes.”

Freelance Writing Direct with Estelle · #214 Inside a Literary Agent's Approach to Nonfiction with Matthew Carnicelli

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