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Expert: Samantha Prust - 2/21/2006


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Hello, Sam. I hope you're having a funday. I have a headache. London is grey and miserable.

Question: if I've got ONE agent interested in my work, how close to publication am I? She's had the manuscript for three weeks, but is yet to report back - having claimed she was initially intrigued. Oh Sam - it's like getting a glimpse of this lovely, sunny place, but only seeing it through a fence.

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Hi Tom,

What are you doing in London?

Anyway, about the agent....I don't know much about that....I would say be cautious and make sure she's a reputable agent. We've had agents contact us at the small publisher I work for, with work from writers that doesn't fit our niche. The agent gets paid (by you) to try and get you published, but there are no guarantees, as far as I know.

I wish you luck in getting it published. Is it nonfiction or fiction?

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Samantha Prust

Expertise

I have a bachelor of arts degree in English and a master of fine arts degree in creative writing (fiction). I have over 15 years of experience as an editor and writer in magazine and book publishing. I currently work as a freelance editor and writer.

Experience

I grew up on the Sisseton/Wahpeton Sioux Tribe Indian Reservation in Sisseton, South Dakota. After high school I attended college at Minnesota State University in Fargo/Moorhead. After receiving my BA in English, I stayed in Fargo/Moorhead for two years, working as a proofreader, a librarian assistant, a cocktail waitress, and in customer service. I then moved to Colorado to attend Colorado State University, where I worked as Associate Editor for The Colorado Review while pursuing my master's degree. After I graduated, I was able to stay in Colorado when I got a job as an editor and writer for Cottonwood Press, a small publisher specializing in supplemental books for teachers of English and language arts.

Organizations
Member of The Colorado Authors' League

Publications
I am the author of "A Sentence a Day: Short, Playful Proofreading Exercises" (Prufrock Press, 2007).

Education/Credentials
BA, English, Minnesota State University, 1995; MFA, Creative Writing, Colorado State University, 1999

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