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Our Agency is continuing to experience a phenomenal influx of talented and interesting authors from all walks of life, every corner of the globe, and all manner of professions. We shall endeavor to place all our clients with suitable publishers in an industry which has evolved into an enormously challenging and competitive market. Despite the restructuring and merges among some of our long standing traditional publishing houses such as we’ve witnessed in 2012, Penguin Random Group became the new format, we feel confident that all our clients shall indeed see publication with genuine and traditional publishing firms. I would like to believe that we always aim to offer talented authors opportunities of a nature, which may otherwise have eluded them, should they have represented themselves in an industry where in more instances ‘unsolicited’ submissions are being rejected without the aid of using the services of a literary agent.
In industries where both Agents and Publishers, as well as the film sectors are becoming ever more overwhelmed with requests and submissions from not only first time published authors pitching their projects, but also from veterans of the literary craft looking to spread their wings further afield in the hope of adapting their books into film projects, these objectives poses ever greater challenges for most authors
Undoubtedly, the literary industry in general continues to experience predictable revolutionary developments as to how books are being published in the immediate, and tomorrow’s future. There are more writers and aspiring innovative authors than ever before since the advent of our developing technological advances in particular of the Internet capable sciences. New standards are being set and a restructuring is going on in both the literary and film industries; and beckons that new standards need to be met by our simply embracing and adapting to them in fresh and innovative ways. To ensure that the literary and other associated industries continues to thrive, operate and function, but more aptly continues to survive as we know it.
We are now able to manage our personal and corporate communications with optimum speed by utilizing all manner of new applications and functionalities at will, which enables us to execute our marketing management prowess and strategies for our promotional campaigns on many corporate levels. in order to meet the high standards of consumer demand. We are now able to deliver our various industry related projects and products to the world with effective proficiency by being able to implement some of the most evocative and thought provoking strategies than ever before through the means of digital technologies.
Ironically, the Internet has brought people together in one sense and has narrowed and shrunk the boundaries between countries on an International level. But on the other hand each man is also an island unto his own, but now has ‘voice’ which enables all individuals to advance themselves with renewed zest and eagerness providing they learn how to manipulate and use the technology to its optimum. But ever which way way you look at it, we’re all in the same boat to some extent as the industry sets new boundaries for us all.
The possibilities today however are endless, and despite the ambivalent elements our digital world brings with it, enabling personal accessibility to many diverse forms of handheld media, it has become not “have literature, will travel” but has become“have cell phone or camera device, will travel….”and has catapulted our way forward onto the highway to fame, and the road to self-discovery’. So in another sense the world and all its trappings that are on offer in the film sectors for example, has likewise opened up a whole host of possibilities and elements ‘how to do’, and offers a whole new ball game to the individual endowed with that certain “X-Factor”.
Over some decades the Agency has had the pleasure of reviewing and assessing several thousands of works, and many have proved to be of a high quality standard of literature. However, as always it is always about windows of time and where our place is in the evergrowing lengthy queues we must all take our place in to get serviced. If there were 48 hours in a day this would still not adequately suffice meeting the volume we have to deal with from one year to the next. But we have learned over time that to complete those “Author pages” has proved their worth. I hope that having created them for many of our published authors already has enabled me to utilize them in performing some promotional activities on a rotating basis to all social networking sites on an International basis, not only to readership but to both the literary and film industry sectors alike. The results this activity has produced over time are a reflection of the merit of my efforts.
Marketing and Promotions
We offer representation for a wide range of quality literary works to Publishers with a global reach, within New Zealand, Australia, United States, Europe and Great Britain, Asian, and various Eastern block countries, to serve our aspiring authors well by helping them in becoming successful published authors who may all continue to infuse some ‘new blood’ into the global publishing industry with their unique and special talents. “Just remember…It takes longer to write a book than it takes for it to be read.” Similarly, it also takes around one and half hours of TV entertainment viewing to watch your favorite feature length movie, so there is always room for new ideas, and that demand will always be there for as long as insatiable movie buffs exist. We believe there is always room for more writers with colorful and unique writing styles and techniques, who will be able to offer a wider choice and range of compelling and innovative ideas and stories to our global readership, as well as the film sectors. We endeavor to secure the right connections for every individual client with the appropriate sectors.
Our Available Services
We would like to offer our Services and make those available to all that believe their creative talent with the quill is worth sharing with us, and the world. We charge no upfront fees for our comprehensive editorial services during the course of Representation to the literary sectors, and we do not deal with Vanity type of Publishers. We specialize in all genres of literature in both Fiction and Non-Fiction categories. We provide a thorough assessment on all the material received, and the full gamut of genres we are interested in comes under the following categories:
Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance, Crime, Literary Fiction, General Fiction, Women’s Popular Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Sci-Fi Fantasy/Horror, Sci-Fi Adult/Fantasy/Thriller, and non-fiction i.e. Autobiography, Life Story, Biographical, bibliographical, Short Story Collections of around 65,000 words minimum and upwards, scientific, physics or political projects, religious, spiritual, supernatural, or the paranormal, and not least genuine theological themes, culinary, travel, social topics and photographic/coffee books categories for projects.
Editorial
We prefer well written that boast good grammatical structure. Do your homework and do perform a number of spell checks with a reputable program before you submit your projects to us. It saves time and frustration. We offer proofreading and line editing services and provide in-depth manuscript assessments covering areas such as characterizations, plot lines, settings, dialogue, and your work must be in an acceptable format as per our Manuscript Submissions Guidelines.
Authors must be open to our objective analysis of both the strengths and weaknesses of manuscripts received with an aim to assist authors in possession of a strong creative flow and potential, and to render some additional and positive improvement to their work. We also find it worthwhile to provide authors with constructive commentary on the strengths and weaknesses reflected in their work and writing style. as well as the overall presentation of their work. It is pleasantly surprising how many do appreciate our input, rather than see it as a personal criticism on their work. In particular, we offer novelists our professional screenplay adaptation services (Our specialty) where these may be sought after. For the most part we do encourage all our authors with potential, to try their hand at screenwriting processes. We have a film treatment package which offers suggestions and samples how to go about it. We charge a very nominal fee for those who would prefer us to write their scripts for them, however we do as a rule encourage our authors to try their own hand at writing an adapted screenplay to their books, if we deem it worthwhile and the work shows film potential.
Although a New Zealand based company, we have International reach since 2005, and also aim to approach the Film sectors with outstanding works/projects by our own clients/authors. However, showing strong book sales, once published are an important criterion in drumming up interest from the film industry sectors. We are in the process of promoting and offering representation for projects/works deemed suitable material for film or live animation projects, TV Media production and Stage Production Performances.
The Link below will provide you with more information on some of our film projects in process:-
http://www.gilbertliteraryagencyauthors.com
https://www.stage32.com/profile/22895/projects
How to Submit your Work:-
Note: Emailed manuscript submissions are preferred on the main, but we also make the odd exceptions for CD format. The bulk of our clientele is comprised of international authors from the U.S.A., Canada, United Kingdom, Europe, Brazil, Western European countries, Asian and Middle Eastern continents, Australia and New Zealand. When submitting your work to our Agency, please ensure that your personal contact details are included (i.e. forwarding address, date of birth, home/work/ telephone/ Cell numbers.
Our Manuscript Submission Guidelines can be found here: – http://www.gilbertliteraryandfilmagency.com/our-submissions-guidelines
Our Targets
On the main we target the services of offshore Publishers for our clients availing us to a wider and varied number of services with the resultant more extensive global readership. Many of our promising and aspiring authors are able to infuse their own unique stamp on the industry by offering a wealth of diverse talents in order to satisfy a multiple choice of genres that are sought after by an ever-growing and more discerning readership audience around the globe. We are pleased to be in a position to offer opportunities to writers, and well as previously published authors who have been unable to find personal satisfaction elsewhere. We are pleased to announce that we shall be reviewing numerous exciting new works over the years ahead.
Our Literary Agent’s Code of Honor
“For tomorrow, next week and our collective future strategies planned and hoped for, executed well above and beyond of what we are capable of…let us today endeavor to meet its own demands and responsibilities which may bear down upon our collective shoulders. Owing to their trust imbibed in us, let’s with positive actions and a discerning sense of conscientious labor do our very best on behalf of others whom we may represent, and that it may be implemented and successfully accomplished by a sense of wisdom and fairness, and selfless interest. That we may bear the brunt of our responsibilities with genuine honesty, a reflective deep sense of pride, and reverent sense of duty.”
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