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- noun Working as an
agent (one who acts for another).
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Examples
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There should seriously be Publishing Assistants Anonymous meetings for those beginning in agenting and editorial.
MONDAY 2009
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Before there was a world wide web, they were making "agenting" and art.
They like me...but it's still no Miss Snark 2006
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Less than a year after she was "rescued" by Claire Powell, the agent who created Jordan from a couple of bits of leftover pink satin and some stray silicon implants, and who is to agenting what Simon Cowell is to talent show judging – fair, generous, even-handed, no, hold on, that's not quite right – she has been dumped.
If you want to bag a royal, study Botticelli | Carole Cadwalladr 2011
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Makes me wonder what writing/agenting/publishing event we'd illustrate with a blowup sex doll ...
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Less than a year after she was "rescued" by Claire Powell, the agent who created Jordan from a couple of bits of leftover pink satin and some stray silicon implants, and who is to agenting what Simon Cowell is to talent show judging – fair, generous, even-handed, no, hold on, that's not quite right – she has been dumped.
If you want to bag a royal, study Botticelli | Carole Cadwalladr 2011
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Whether a student goes on to become a known writer in the field, or contributes in other ways (editing, publishing, agenting, academicking), Clarion is an experience that's worth it.
julieandrews: Clarion Write-A-Thon julieandrews 2010
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What about their “FAIR GAME” policy which is still very much practiced, or dead agenting another despicable practice.
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They worry a lot about the agenting, about the publishing, and not quite enough about the actual book.
msagara: Answering another question about agents msagara 2009
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What about their âFAIR GAMEâ policy which is still very much practiced, or dead agenting another despicable practice.
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Whether a student goes on to become a known writer in the field, or contributes in other ways (editing, publishing, agenting, academicking), Clarion is an experience that's worth it.
Clarion Write-A-Thon julieandrews 2010
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