Lit Agent X is the not-hardly anonymous Rachel Vater at Lowenstein-Yost Associates.
I say “not-hardly anonymous” because people address her by name on the blog and her LiveJournal profile tells you not only who she is but that she’s been an agent at Lowenstein-Yost Associates since January 2006. Prior to this, I worked as an assistant agent with the Donald Maass Literary Agency. Before moving to NYC, I lived in Cincinnati, Ohio and worked at Writer’s Digest Books for 4 years as an editor.
Vater’s blog is informative. She gives a peek into the thought processes of an agent looking for clients and selling her clients’ work. She also writes about writing and how to improve yours.
Read. Enjoy.