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J. Kathleen Cheney ([personal profile] j_cheney) wrote2006-08-06 04:52 pm

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....

[identity profile] j-cheney.livejournal.com 2006-08-07 07:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Likely not. I met Shelly Sharpiro of Del-Rey last year, but they're agented only and have a reputation of taking their time with manuscripts...