My life changed in 2012 when I attended my first writers conference. I walked away with the title of Writer of the Year, two literary agent offers, plus several interested publishers. I signed with an agent that week and my debut book sold three months later.

Life has never been the same.

Since then, I’ve worked within the publishing industry as an author, ghostwriter, proposal creator, editor, and marketing strategist. I have been published traditionally with all my books, both within the inspirational Christian market, as well as in the ABA general market under a pen name.

My passion for marketing came after reading Sally Hogshead’s How the World Sees You. I went back to school and graduated with my masters degree in communications where I got to focus on both marketing and PR.

I’m the former Vice President of Platinum Literary Services where I specialized in marketing, nonfiction proposal creation, ghostwriting, and developmental editing. Additionally, we crafted marketing strategies for authors with a traditional publishing house. My business partner opened her own children’s imprint (she’s a bestselling children’s author in her own right) and I chose to move into the agenting side of the industry.

After several years of encouraging and championing writers as the co-founder of Serious Writer, Inc., I have retired to focus more time on agenting, as well as dedicating more time to my family.

As far as publishing goes, I’ve won multiple awards for my books, as well as my marketing campaigns, and am excited to champion other writers and help strengthen their journeys and careers.

I wear gloves a lot because I have a contact allergy to colophony, an ingredient commonly used in ink, paper, adhesives, photos, sawdust, anything waterproof, and non-BPA plastics.

Basically, I’m allergic to my own books. 

There is no known cure, so I’m forced to either wear gloves or deal with the unhappy consequences.

Bethany Jett is an associate literary agent with the C.Y.L.E. agency, as well as a multi-award-winning author, and a marketing strategist who earned top honors in her master’s program, where she earned her MFA in Communications focusing on Marketing and PR. 

Bethany is married to her college sweetheart, and together they’re raising 3 teen sons and their Pomeranian Sadie. Connect with her at BethanyJett.com.

Bethany Jett is a multi-faceted creative who wears many hats: associate literary agent, multi-award-winning author, and marketing strategist. Her motto is “Teach as you go,” which she lives out as the co-owner of Serious Writer, a company that teaches and empowers writers and authors. Connect with her at BethanyJett.com.