The "Editior-Agent": What I do to get you and your manuscript submission-ready (and what I don't do)
Sep 26, 2026
Online event
Agents each have their own way of approaching the author-agent relationship.
For those of us who consider ourselves “editorial agents,” this means taking on a whole other level of working with our clients. I’ll share my thinking when I consider working with a new client, or how I decide which manuscript to submit, and I’ll share my process of what I do to get the manuscript ready to submit to major publishers.
About Carter Hasegawa
Carter Hasegawa (he/him) has been in the children’s book world for over 20 years—as a book seller for various indies across the US, as an editor at Candlewick Press, and now, as a literary agent with Tugeau 2 Art and Literary Agency. “The thing I’ve always loved about children’s literature,” he says, “is that beyond the sheer range of incredible stories, it’s always served as a sort of testing ground for me: of new ideas, of new experiences, of new viewpoints, of emotional extremes.” Some of his favorite books include WATERCRESS, MY PAPI HAS A MOTORCYCLE, BIG, TAR BEACH, WEDNESDAY WARS, ENDER’S GAME, THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER, THE NOTORIOUS BENEDICT ARNOLD, and SO MANY others. Originally from Seattle, Carter now lives in Boston with his librarian wife and their two young sons.
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