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A Hybrid Author’s Approach to Finding an Agent

July 17, 2024 Nicholas Sansbury Smith 0

In 2018, I spoke to a crowd of hundreds of indie authors at the 50 Books Conference and started by saying, “It has never been a better time in history to be a writer.” A […]

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