{"id":9336,"date":"2024-10-02T08:39:32","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T15:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/what-are-agents-looking-for-a-qa-with-graphic-novel-agent-janna-morishima\/"},"modified":"2024-10-02T08:39:32","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T15:39:32","slug":"what-are-agents-looking-for-a-qa-with-graphic-novel-agent-janna-morishima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/what-are-agents-looking-for-a-qa-with-graphic-novel-agent-janna-morishima\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are Agents Looking For?: A Q&amp;A with Graphic Novel Agent Janna Morishima"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Brought to you by KidLit GN<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Graphic Novel agent Janna Morishima provided  this comprehensive Q&amp;A on the topic. She also offered details on how to (&amp; why you should) join&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/kidscomicsunite.com\/studio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kids Comics Studio<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>KidLitGN asked me to write a blog article about something helpful for graphic novelists. I asked in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/kidscomicsunite.com\/\">Kids Comics Unite<\/a>what topic people most wanted me to write about, and got a bunch of great responses. This made me realize that instead of focusing on a&nbsp;<\/em>single<em>&nbsp;topic, I should structure my article as a Q&amp;A. That way I can answer ALL the questions!!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Without further ado, below are some burning questions from writers and artists, and my answers to them. 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