Agent Databases

If you pursue the traditional publishing route for your book and want an agent, here are two free searchable agent databases that may help. Happy hunting!

AgentQuery.com

This searchable database of agents was voted one of Writers Digest's Best Web Sites for Writers for the 6th year in a row in 2010. Search criteria include AARP member or not, keywords you enter, genres within fiction or nonfiction, e-mail or snail mail queries, and actively seeking new clients. Besides the database, the site has articles on submission, publishing, and resources.

Another searchable agent database is at 1000literaryagents.com/find-literary-agents.php.

Essay picked for anthology

My memoir essay, "School Days," will appear in the From the Porch Swing anthology to be released by Silver Boomer Books later in 2010. It recalls how I played "school" as a child with my 74-year-old grandfather and what I learned from him.