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Follow on to "musings from an author"! I mentioned in ‘musings’ that I had decided to have another crack at seeing if I could find an Agent or Publisher for my second novel! To date I have received three ‘rejection slips’ and as it is still early days I am continuing the battle to find the one Agent or Publisher with good commonsense to grab my second story - "A. very private Heaven and Hell".The slips as per usual, were all very polite, but still said a resounding NO! To put this whole saga into context, I thought it would be a good idea to tell you just what kind of competition is out there. Every week, year in and year out the Agents and Publishers receive on average five thousand five hundred (5,500) manuscripts and this figure does not include Technical works, Biographies or Poetry! This means that the main line Agents and Publishers in the Artists and Writers Yearbook, numbering in the region of two hundred or so, receive two hundred and seventy five (275) manuscripts each. This, of course, does not work out that way, as the main Agents and Publishers receive more than their fair share, meaning that the lesser Publishers and Agents receive less and as some Agents are just one person, even 10% would swamp them and the point I am making here is that the Synopsis has to be firstly, eye catching, secondly very concise and thirdly has to encapsulate the story completely. Any Agent or Publisher receiving even thirty (30) manuscripts a week, of say 200 pages is not going to even try reading the first one, two or three chapters sent in, unless the Synopsis catches their attention utterly.So I have re-thought my Synopsis and have re-written it, in the hope that it will be eye and thought provoking enough to ensure that one of the next three Agents I have written to, read the three chapters sent to them, as after they have read them they will be hooked and will insist on reading the remaining eleven chapters and if they do that, I will have found an Agent and a Publisher! I will keep you advised as to my success and if the next missive you receive comes from Antigua, you will know I have found an Agent and a Publisher! by Mike Morgan. Follow on to "musings from an author"! click play button for streaming audio see Mike Morgan's other articles and poems click here members page |
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