Hello,

My name is Frederick Zappone. I'm the first author who found a publisher through the eLitAgent's electronic method and I'd like to tell you how that happened.

Like most writers, I hate dealing with query letters, submissions and, most of all, with rejections. So I was delighted to find a way to contact lots of publishers at one time, leaving it to those interested to get in touch with me. In just seven weeks, six publishers requested a copy of my manuscript. I selected the one I felt would have my best interests at heart and negotiated a contract with that publisher which pays me a 15% royalty.

In the process of seeking a publisher for my work, I contacted Patrika Vaughn, the Author's Advocate. With her background as a literary agent, a published author and ghostwriter, plus her experience as an editor and publisher, she was impressed with the possibilities of finding a publisher using 21^st Century electronics. She asked if I would be interested in pioneering this method with her. I agreed, and you see the results. She is now making this method available to other talented emerging authors.

Sincerely,
Frederick Zappone

Patrika says:

In initiating eLitAgent, I am making myself responsible to publishers for making sure eLitAgent represents only the highest quality manuscripts to them. To writers, I am responsible for finding the publisher who would best represent their interests.

Although we are excited about what this service can do for other emerging authors, we cannot guarantee the results. We will use the exact same system used to secure publishers for Frederick Zappone, but we have no way of predicting the outcome. Your results might be better and they could be worse, depending on a lot of variables. We want you to know that going in because we don't want you to be disappointed or feel we have misrepresented our service in any way.

What we do guarantee is that you will receive our best professional feedback about your manuscript. We won't tell you it's ready for publication until it is. We'll tell you where we think your market is and let you know if you have successfully addressed that market. If you don't land a publishing contract, you will know exactly why your work did not generate interest from a reputable publisher (not a vanity press). In addition, we will give you our professional opinion about what you need to do to correct the situation to make your work interesting to publishers, but we will not ask you to use our service again unless it is something that will work for you.

I am myself a published author. I know how it feels to wait upon publishers to take note of your hard work. ELitAgent is here to give you the benefit of what I've learned and spare you the pain of tedious research and queries; of long suspenseful waits; of painful rejections. This service is offered to help undiscovered writers break into publication, either in traditional hardcopy or in newly available electronic media.

We are new, the concept is new. We think it is the 21^st Century answer to helping new voices be heard. If you agree, get in touch about your manuscript. (See Submitting Work)

Sincerely,

Patrika Vaughn,

eLitAgent.com