The exclusive. Does not benefit the writer. It ties up your manuscript with one agent/editor for a period of time. If he doesn't bite, it becomes wasted time. Most of the younger agent/editors assume you are querying wide and far, very few need to be told that your query is a simultaneous submission. If you... Continue Reading →
As Heather posted a few weeks ago, not all agent/editors answer queries. But even the ones who state they do, often drop the ball. I sympathize. They are BUSY, OVERWHELMED PEOPLE WITH OVERFLOWING INBOXES. Stuff can get lost, shunted into a pipeline to look at closer when there's more time and then FALL INTO THE... Continue Reading →
Well, snow has slowed down this post. Not that it snowed today, but the prospect of another 16" on top of the 12" already sitting on the ground meant I ran around crazily in circles doing a week's worth of errands in one day. Enough about my petty problems. On to the business at hand.... Continue Reading →
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