Our Submission Process

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Thank you for your interest in Martin Literary Management. We are a full service literary and media management agency representing adult fiction and nonfiction, children's books, including picture books, middle grade, and young adult fiction and nonfiction. We do not accept poetry, short stories or screenplays.

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Please keep in mind the following guidelines when you send a query:

 

• We are a green agency and only accept email submissions

• In the "Subject" line of your email, please write "QUERY" followed by the title of your work.

• In your email, provide the text of your query letter (pitch/synopsis + short bio).

• Kindly query only ONE of our representatives at MLM that you feel best suits your work.
  Once you receive a response, you are welcome to query a different MLM agent. 

 

Your query letter should include publisher submission history and previous publishing credits, if applicable. If you receive an offer of representation from another agent, please let us know immediately. 

 

We make every effort to review every query in a timely manner. If we are interested in seeing more of your work, we will reach out to you.

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Sharlene Martin, President, Literary Manager/Producer
accepts Adult Nonfiction queries only. 

 

Please send your queries to Sharlene@MartinLit.com

Sharlene is interested in acquiring highly commercial nonfiction including true crime and pop culture. She also likes breaking news, issue-oriented, and celebrity-driven books. She is particularly interested in works that are adaptable to the screen.  Please do not include your manuscript or proposal in your nonfiction query. Sharlene will request those items from you if she is interested.