To Agent or Not to Agent?

Do you need an agent, or can you successfully go it alone?

Hannah Kingsley and Alice G May have each signed multi-book publishing deals. Hannah has an agent. Alice does not.  Both are very happy with their choice and keen to share why. This will be a lively discussion of the pros and cons of landing an agent and how working either with or without one might influence your writing career.  If you are a writer thinking of querying agents, or you are already doing so and are perhaps wondering if there is another option, this might be the talk for you.