Twenty Worst Literary Agents

[eimarra]

Copied from slobbit

According to a comment over on Making Light, here (near the bottom), the Absolute Write website has gone down over the posting of Barbara Bauer's inclusion on the Writer Beware list of the 20 Worst Literary Agents.

The list, as posted on the Writer Beware page, is as follows:

* The Abacus Group Literary Agency
* Allred and Allred Literary Agents (refers clients to "book doctor" Victor West of Pacific Literary Services)
* Capital Literary Agency (formerly American Literary Agents of Washington, Inc.)
* Barbara Bauer Literary Agency
* Benedict Associates (also d/b/a B.A. Literary Agency)
* Sherwood Broome, Inc.
* Desert Rose Literary Agency
* Arthur Fleming Associates
* Finesse Literary Agency (Karen Carr)
* Brock Gannon Literary Agency
* Harris Literary Agency
* The Literary Agency Group, which includes the following:
-Children's Literary Agency
-Christian Literary Agency
-New York Literary Agency
-Poets Literary Agency
-The Screenplay Agency
-Stylus Literary Agency (formerly ST Literary Agency, formerly Sydra-Techniques)
-Writers Literary & Publishing Services Company (the editing arm of the above-mentioned agencies)
* Martin-McLean Literary Associates
* Mocknick Productions Literary Agency, Inc.
* B.K. Nelson, Inc.
* The Robins Agency (Cris Robins)
* Michele Rooney Literary Agency (also d/b/a Creative Literary Agency, Simply Nonfiction, and Michele Glance Rooney Literary Agency)
* Southeast Literary Agency
* Mark Sullivan Associates
* West Coast Literary Associates (also d/b/a California Literary Services)

You know what to do.

(See this post at Making Light for more info. Chat for Absolute Write can currently be found at http://www.starchat.net/chat/?chan=absolutewrite )

Comments

[slobbit.livejournal.com]

Ohno! My LJname got munged. :-(

Thanks for passing it on.

and I should have chapter 5 coming up soon . . .

[eimarra]

Fixed. I shouldn't try to post when I'm coming down with something.

Looking forward to chapter 5. :-D

Sherwood Broome, Inc

[(Anonymous)]

To Whom it may Concern: Of course that is me. Two years ago I submitted a manuscript to Sherwood Broome, Inc in Montana. For 3 months now, I have had no communication. The telephone number has been changed, there is no response to my emails. I have invested $1200 for their services. Is there any way I can void the contract and get my manuscript and materials that they possess? I need counsel.

Re: Sherwood Broome, Inc

[(Anonymous)]

They've changed their name to get away from paying... Here's how to reach them. Good luck! They are now called Stillwater Literary Agency.
How to contact us...
Our telephone number is (406)494-2622
9:00-3:00 MDT/MST, Mon.-Thur.
U.S. mail:

Stillwater Literary Agency, LLC
P.O. Box 553
Absarokee, MT 59001

Email: markblack@stillwaterliteraryagency.com