I just use excel! If you browse through their different themes, there's sure to be a theme that's pre-made and easy enough to adjust to keep track of data points like that.
As for other criteria, I also keep a link to their website, just in case I need it!
Wow, it blows my mind that anyone would actually comment defending that guy. Does he have a right to say these things? Sure. He can say whatever he wants. However, a relationship with an agent should be a really close, supportive relationship. If you go in with that sort of cynicism and negative...
Everybody's made some pretty good points on here! You can work with cliches-- the fantasy genre sort of thrives off them, really-- but you just have to find a small way to take them and make them your own. If you *do* cross genres, for example, you have elves and science!! That's so cool! How...
No, no, no, no, no. I strongly, strongly disagree with anybody who says not to mention it. When you're writing about typically marginalized groups, such as LGBTQ people, subtext isn't enough. You can't imply queerness, because then straight people will just deny that they're queer.
And I have...
Okay, I have a big thing. I'm not sure how to name it, really, but it's something I still see in popular fantasy today (though I think we're moving away from it). I call it the dudebro's fantasy MC. I just recently read a book by a popular fantasy author (no naming names) where, in just the...