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There’s a new service designed to help you find qualified authors at no cost to you.

Their books are properly packaged so you can review their project in 3 seconds or less.

It’s been called the “eHarmony” for Agents & Authors It is the step between the author’s computer at home and the agenting world. I’m a Literary Agent Matchmaker and I’m here to help you. I invite you to take a quick peek at my website where you'll find a dedicated page for Agents like you. Be sure to sign up for our fre.e Hot List to get notified about projects from qualified authors in your genres.

I'm confused.  Is this an agent to help you find an agent?

So, you pay this person $1,000 to suggest agents to you (but no guarantees), and then the agent helps you get a publisher? How many middle men do we need?

Isn't this like paying a matchmaker to recommend an internet dating service?

There are so many things that I don't understand.

Submissions R Us

I have written my first picture book (rhyming) for children. It has received positive feedback, and I would like to find a publisher. I've created a dummy, and made a list of possible publishers, intending to send individual submissions and letters of inquiry, depending upon the guidelines. Now, I've been advised to go to Publishers and Agents.com and let them do the legwork. What do you advise?

I don't know anything about that service. And I think I'd want to hear something pro or con from Preditors and Editors (eg) before I paid them $240. I've gotten some "submissions" that were clearly spam. I wouldn't want my work in the hands of services like that. Anybody have something reliable on publishersandagents?

Preditors and Editors! Memorize this!

Oh, no.

"I submitted a manuscript for a children's picture book to Children's Literary Agency last October and I only signed a 6 month contract. In the meantime, I have written another book with that series and am now working on a third book which is a chapter book for boys. My question is do you have any knowledge of Children's Literary Agency? I read on a website that they were a scam outfit under an umbrella of poorly managed services."

You haven't given them any money, have you? Children's Literary Agency is one of Writer Beware's Top 20 Worst Agents. Which you would have known if you'd heard of Writer Beware, or the wonderful people at Preditors & Editors (http://www.anotherealm.com/prededitors).

You, reading this blog. Go to Preditors & Editors right now and familiarize yourself with it!

When P&E or Writer Beware says that someone is a "Worst Agent" or "Strongly Not Recommended," what that means is that person is not an agent. He/she is committing a type of fraud that is very difficult for the law to prosecute. If you have paid this company any money, consider your legal options. You may be able to make business difficult for them.

But your money is gone.