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I Want a Dating Service For My Book

I wish I could sign up for an online dating service for my book.  If only there was a match.com or jdate.com for writing.  It could be called Bdate.com or Literary.com.  A dating service that would hooking up a writer and a literary agent with similar interests, outlooks and tastes. 

Instead I am wooing literary agents the old fashion way or rather the new old fashion way.  In my search for the perfect literary partnership I find myself filtering through endless supplies of information.  Pages upon pages of lists of literary agents and literary agencies trying to decipher which are even interested in this type of Middle School/YA fantasy novel.  Then which are currently accepting new submission queries. 

And don’t even get me started on ”The Internet“.  It is over flowing with blogs, tweets, face book profiles and websites dedicated to writers, literary agents, publishing houses and magazines.  However most of the information is about people‘s ideas about  writing, literary agencies and publishing houses.  Lacking even the most basic of useful information.   

Where to begin?  What information is valuable?  Where does my work fit in?  Who is this novel’s perfect match?

I want to find the perfect literary agent who in tern has the relationship with the perfect publishing house for this work. My book desperately wants to be in a love triangle between the three.  I want to skip getting tangled up with unscrupulous individuals.  Keep away from bad relationships and publishing houses with commitment issues and go right for the happily ever after.  And after all isn’t that what we are all looking for in any relationship whether that be in our personal life or in our literary lives. 

JL Cooper

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  1. HighEnergyDEVMay 20, 2012 at 1:40 PM

    Looks like a niche that needs filled (hint, hint, hint)

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  2. JL CooperMay 23, 2012 at 1:40 PM

    I am feeling your hint, hint, hint. Wouldn't that be wonderful. "Matchmaker, matchmaker make me a match..."

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