Janet Reid 14.4.24

[RK Wallis]

Anyone following American writing blogs long enough will have heard of Queryshark. Sad news. And Nathan Bransford says it all.

Janet Reid shifted the tide

While I was away, I saw the very sad news that literary agent Janet Reid passed away. In an industry notoriously slow to change and beholden to ancient (and often elitist) customs, it’s difficult to overstate what a game changer Janet represented as the biggest early blogging literary agent...

nathanbransford.com

Treat yourself. Have a read of her blog.

 

[Trey]

Anyone following American writing blogs long enough will have heard of Queryshark. Sad news. And Nathan Bransford says it all.

Janet Reid shifted the tide

While I was away, I saw the very sad news that literary agent Janet Reid passed away. In an industry notoriously slow to change and beholden to ancient (and often elitist) customs, it’s difficult to overstate what a game changer Janet represented as the biggest early blogging literary agent...

nathanbransford.com

Treat yourself. Have a read of her blog.

Not only a game changer a down-to-earth, unpretentious, extraordinary and generous human. Sad news.

 

[CarolMS]

Anyone following American writing blogs long enough will have heard of Queryshark. Sad news. And Nathan Bransford says it all.

Janet Reid shifted the tide

While I was away, I saw the very sad news that literary agent Janet Reid passed away. In an industry notoriously slow to change and beholden to ancient (and often elitist) customs, it’s difficult to overstate what a game changer Janet represented as the biggest early blogging literary agent...

nathanbransford.com

Treat yourself. Have a read of her blog.

I loved her blog. Reading her responses to queries was such a combination of sometimes hilarity as well as learning and great advice. She wasn't as actively blogging in recent years, though her archives were all up and she did occasional new critiques, but it was worth checking out her older posts (hopefully the archived post site will remain up).

 

[Roz Morris]

She was one of the first agent bloggers I read. Wise and pithy, and always useful.

 

[RK Wallis]

She was one of the first agent bloggers I read. Wise and pithy, and always useful.

I loved her snark, and that there was always blunt, good advice to her comments.