Author: G ARTHUR WOODS (---.proxy.aol.com)
Date: 04-11-02 06:59
Dear Mr. Jenkins:
I was rereading your Warning article posted on Writers Net. I just wanted you to know that you helped someone.
My first novel is coming out this spring, though with a smaller publishing house. Still, I was happy to see it sell. While looking for an agent last year I came across reading fees, post reading fees, agents who want several hundred dollars to represent, and those who charge for every pen and paper clip in the office. I turned them all down. One agent wanted $3000 to edit my manuscript. I asked him to return it.
Yesterday, Cynthia Sterling of the Lee Shore Agency tried to pump me for an editing fee of $9500. I asked for my manuscript back. She also charges reading fees, but they waived it because of my first novel. There is a resubmission fee if I would like to edit the book myself and get back with her. They also charge for fax paper, pens and other materials.
I clipped you article from Writers net and mailed it to some fellow authors.
G. ARTHUR WOODS.
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