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Please restore my faith in humanity. Nothing could be easier than to prove that I'm full of it, and that you aren't just another Net borderline...
A major publisher answered my query with a request for an outline and the first two chapters. The query, as they requested, was not a multiple...
Most of you probably already know this, but I just found this info. If you're sick of looking for an agent/publisher and just want to give up and go...
Okay, Just a quick question. I am writer. I managed to sell my first work on my own steam. My publisher made up the contract and I got published....
I have an agent with First Books of Portland Oregon interested in seeing my whole manuscript.This is not 1st Books, but First Books. However, it is...
Just stumbled across this: <url>http://www.writersunion.ca/links.htm#2</url>
Hello everybody, Ok, my eyes hate me now for all the hours I've been looking at this dumb monitor searching for some info in a very weird (it...
1. Yes, I am writing a creative nonfiction manuscript (nonfiction novel) with the setting being in a internationally known private mental institution...
Sorry for the "hell" word. Too many people get offended by certain things. All I'm trying to say is that literary agents are sharks. Yes, sharks....
....although less exciting and more nerve-wracking than the last one, because the agent hasn't read any sample chapters yet, nothing but a query. :(...
I just recieved my eleventh rejection.(Not all in one day) This one is a little bothersome. The aqency said my work "contains an interesting...
I just found out that another lurker and occasional poster on WN passed away unexpectedly this past weekend, according to an email I received from...
Okay, so my agent had lunch last week with an editor who is willing to read my manuscript, but wants it via e-mail. So I scurry to combine all my...
After receiving the first rejection of my recently-completed ms, I'm wallowing in self-pity, too. BTW: This isn't my first rejection; it's the...
I have received requests for the first 3 chapters or the full manuscript of my novel from the agents listed below. I've searched the archives of...
I've been wondering what others do with their rejection letters. At first I kept all of them. The "keep trying" ones I liked because they threw...
Has anyone heard of the Jack DeVoe agency? They seem like an excellent organization, but I am curious...
I am a student from Bombay, India. I also write. I have just finished writing my first book. But the thing is I cannot afford to get a professional...
I am interested in finding an agent who will represent me and my work that has mostly been posted online with a few rare exceptions. I have compiled...
Hi! Since I'm now deep into the process of querying agents on my recently completed nonfiction ms, I was wondering about the several things about...
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