<div dir="auto">Here's a good resource for how to avoid any bad players along the way (I know this isn't what you asked, but it could be useful):  <a href="https://www.sfwa.org/other-resources/for-authors/writer-beware/">https://www.sfwa.org/other-resources/for-authors/writer-beware/</a><br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">-- <br>Barbara Krasnoff<br><a href="mailto:bkrasnoff@gmail.com">bkrasnoff@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://www.brooklynwriter.com">http://www.brooklynwriter.com</a><br><br>Author of "The History of Soul 2065."<br><br>    </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 11, 2019, 5:58 PM James Gaskin via Ipg-smz <<a href="mailto:ipg-smz@netpress.org">ipg-smz@netpress.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Big fiction publishers only deal with agents, so you'll need one of those. Mid-list and lower publishers can be approached directly. Try <a href="https://www.agentquery.com/default.aspx" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.agentquery.com/default.aspx</a> for sortable agent lists and some other information.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_7576961990531459299gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Thanks,</div><div>James</div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">James E. Gaskin<br><a href="http://www.gaskin.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://www.gaskin.com</a><br>Writer / Consultant / Speaker<br></div><div><a href="http://netpress.org/member/james-e-gaskin/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Member </a>Internet Press Guild<br></div><div><a href="https://jamesgaskin.contently.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Portfolio</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00G6LJXZA" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 4:13 PM Ohlhorst, Frank via Ipg-smz <<a href="mailto:ipg-smz@netpress.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">ipg-smz@netpress.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Any tips on locating a publisher for a first time fiction writer?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_7576961990531459299gmail-m_4917177991384159971gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">Frank J. Ohlhorst</span><br>Editor at Large</strong></span><div><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><a href="mailto:fohlhorst@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial;font-size:small" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><strong>(631) 569 2151</strong></a><b><br></b></span><a href="mailto:fohlhorst@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">fohlhorst@gmail.com</a> <br><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/fohlhorst/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.linkedin.com/in/fohlhorst/</a></div><div><a href="https://twitter.com/FJO_Writes_Tech" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://twitter.com/FJO_Writes_Tech</a></div><div><div style="font-family:arial"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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