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Ouch!
Well, curious to see what the outside people might say about yesterday's question, I posted the same thing over at the literary agent community (people on LJ who are looking for agents).
Got a resounding...you idiot!
They all say you should never send anything to a publisher until you have exhausted every single agent out there. There might be a slight pro-agent bias since they're admittedly all looking for agents themselves....
*Heavy sigh*
Where exactly is that How to Get Published book that has all the right answers in it? I've misplaced it....
Got a resounding...you idiot!
They all say you should never send anything to a publisher until you have exhausted every single agent out there. There might be a slight pro-agent bias since they're admittedly all looking for agents themselves....
*Heavy sigh*
Where exactly is that How to Get Published book that has all the right answers in it? I've misplaced it....
Re: Dreaming.....
If it makes you feel better, following "The Rules" and doing what every published author was screaming at me to do actually cost me a potentially big book deal. (I was fortunate to get another chance on that one, but still...)
Re: Dreaming.....
Even if it is a publishing sin, Book one hasn't accrued a single refusal yet, and book two has gotten two, but one was very warm and fuzzy, so it can't be all that deleterious to their chances...