Fascinating long interview here with one of New York's best agents. You can skip the childhood-and-youth bit, what follows is a fascinating demonstration of what a good agent does, and of why a finding one is the best thing that can happen to your writing career. But as Jane Smith on How Publishing Really Works puts it, there are lots and lots of agents out there like Molly F.

Emma

Wow. Thanks for posting this, Emma. That is one wonderful agent, and person. Loyal, honest, supportive and boundaried all at once!
Shame that she feels that fiction-publishing is a struggle these days.
Will now read the other article.
Susiex