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I’m sharing this post from one of our favorite blogs, Women’s Fiction Writers, because I think you’ll love it. Women’s Fiction Writers Blogstress Amy Sue Nathan has just published her second novel! Check it out and support a sister.
In this post, veteran author Cathy Lamb shares her publishing history and some unconventional advice. DEFINITELY worth a read.
An exerpt:
“Your packet out to agents, online or by snail mail, looks like this: Cover letter, one page. Twenty pages of your story. Synopsis, one page.
Send this packet out to ten agents at a time. Yes, I did say ten. Everything you hear or read, here or on Jupiter, will tell you to send your partial manuscript to one agent at a time. Don’t follow that rule either. As you can see, I don’t really like rules. Too confining, too dull.
Why submit to multiple agents at the same time? Many agents will never, ever respond to you or your pages. Other agents will take months to read it. With others, the rejection slips will come back so fast, you will think the agent didn’t even read your book. And, he may not have. He may not be taking on clients.
Want more mean truths? An agent will read the first paragraph of your work, MAYBE the first page, of your book, before he tosses it if his attention is not grabbed. If he likes the first paragraph, he reads the first page, then the second page, then the third.
He knows QUICKLY if your book is something he can sell to a publishing house. They’re experienced, they’re smart, they’re efficient. Never forget: They are BURIED in manuscripts.”
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Love this blog post–and this discussion. It always floors me to hear stories like what Christina just described. I would never, ever send an agent anything other than exactly what they ask for. I am a BIG rule follower (at least when it comes to submissions). But I do love the advice to break the rules about submitting to more than one agent. Submit to one at a time, and you could die with your manuscript crumbling in your creepy skeleton fingers. –Cathy
Yes, Christina. I can’t imagine the panic of an agent asking for a “full,” and not having one to provide! And really, the first page has to rock. Hell, the first sentence does. Such pressure!
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