👩🏫 AGENT HOUR: Literary Agent Rachel Yeoh
** This is a LIVE session and will not be recorded. **
Ask experts specific questions and get individualised help on the querying process in our Agent Hours.
This week, we're joined by joined by literary agent Rachel Yeoh.
You can submit:
A question about the querying process or author/agent relationships.
A query letter or pitch for feedback.
NEW: The opening pages of your manuscript (up to 700 words). These will be read live as if they were coming across an agent’s desk.
👉 Important: If you’d like feedback on your first pages, your submission must be in an area that falls within the agent's area expertise (see What Rachel Represents below).
**Please note: Agent Hours are NOT recorded (except for Gold Members who can't attend live). This enables our guests and you as participants to be as open and honest as possible.**
How it works:
Submit a question (or upload your query letter, first pages, or pitch, if applicable) for expert feedback in the comments below 👇
Nothing is too broad or too basic, but please ask a question applicable to our guest's area of expertise.
Questions for our guest experts will be answered live in order of receipt starting with Gold members over a 60-minute Zoom session. You can ask your questions via the Comments section or live in the room.
👉 Please note: submissions must be received no later than 12pm ET / 5pm BST on the day of the event.
⏳ New! Silver Member Lottery: If we reach the final 10 minutes of the session and have not yet gotten to any Silver Member questions, we’ll hold a quick live lottery to select two Silver Member submissions to be answered before we wrap.
🏆 Gold Members get:
🤚 Priority Questions / Feedback: We will prioritize questions from Gold members if submitted in advance in the comment section below.
🎥 Recorded Feedback: These sessions will not be recorded. However, if a Gold Member cannot attend live, they can submit questions or a query letter in advance and receive recorded feedback.
Find out more about Gold Membership here.
What Rachel Represents
Rachel is building a list in literary, upmarket and book club fiction, as well as select narrative non-fiction.
About Rachel Yeoh
After reading Law and Politics at university, Rachel joined the Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency in 2019. As a literary agent, she now represents a list of literary, upmarket and book club fiction, working with award-winning novelists as well as New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling brands.
She represents the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize shortlistee Hanako Footman, Foyle Young Poet of the Year winner Charlotte Runcie, Tedx Talk speaker Canwen Xu, and more.
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