Sentences with phrase «getting full manuscript»

When I was an active book agent I got a full manuscript back in the mail from a publisher with a rejection letter (yes, book agents get them too) and an apology... fourteen months after I submitted the manuscript.

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When it comes time to pitch the concept of your book - or a full length manuscript - make sure you get it into the hands of the agents and publishers who would be most drawn to and excited about your content.

«After Mark helped me revise my book query I got five requests to read my full manuscript.

I trusted, like a fool, that a company of their repute would, surely, and for the price of $ 575.00 (I was in a rush to print), that I would, at least, get a full read of the manuscript.

I also make a list of the reading I would like to get through during the day — which will include full manuscripts, partials, and query letters, though often incoming phone calls and emails and issues that come up during the day end up pushing some of the list to a later time.

Maybe you get requests for full manuscripts, but can't seem to close the contract.

Some authors (who've gotten NO positive responses from literary agents and / or hundreds of rejections) have written new Query Letters that Worked... resulting in full manuscript requests, representation offers from top literary agencies, and book deals with major publishers.

It got me a request for a full manuscript four hours (true story) after I sent the revised query!

And then there are publishers who just want to get to the point, and they'll ask for the full manuscript with your query letter, formatted to their specifications.

He's now put up a poll asking readers to choose their favorite first line, and the winner of the poll gets his attention on the full manuscript.

If you're traditionally - published, get permission from your publisher to send a full copy of your manuscript ahead of time to your launch team.

In your quest to get your manuscript written, edited, and just done, make sure that you're not rushing so much that you lose sight of the long - term skills needed to be a successful, full - time author — as in, an author who can make enough money from book sales to quit her day job and write for a living.

After I send them the full manuscript, it could be another two to three months before I get the phone call offering representation.

The good news was that Sue hadn't yet handed over her final manuscript and as it turns out, Sue could get a full refund, minus a small processing fee.

Ten minutes after reading the full manuscript, that agent immediately called his go - to guy at HarperCollins and you are offered a six - book contract including a movie deal, and you get to meet Joss Whedon who is interested in the project.

It took me ten years, and five full - length manuscripts, to find an agent (and get my first publishing deal).

This is the full edit, the one you'd get with a publisher, an editor who will help you and your manuscript from start to finish.

The thousands of entrants had to submit a pitch, a synopsis, and the full manuscript, and each of those elements had to be worthy of getting the attention of the competition judges and readers; concentrating separately on each of those steps as they are each vital to a stage of the competition forces authors to take a closer look at their material and really examine their concepts.

Do you want to be in the position of being asked for a full manuscript when you've only got 5 % of your book completed?

You get an in - depth critique on the full manuscript as well as in - line edits for part of the manuscript.

The second was the letter that got me a nibble for a full manuscript, which eventually led to representation.

When you send query letters that get the attention of agents who ask for parts of your book or the full manuscript and then fail to give you any feedback, it might be time to reevaluate your manuscript.

If an agent requests a partial or full manuscript from you, they will expect you to follow up at some point if they haven't gotten back to you in a timely fashion.

Sure, big ticket stars got the promo tours and full page ads in the trades, but back in the day even the lowliest newbie could rightly expect their manuscript to be turned into a finished product with proper editing, a solid cover, and have it shopped around to all the standard book selling outlets.

I've gotten many companies whose official policy is no unsolicited submissions to read my manuscripts by submitting a query letter to them and having them request the full manuscript.

If you got requests for the full manuscript, great, keep querying.

by Anne R. Allen Sometime during your query process, you'll get a request for a partial or full manuscript (yay!)

Though I hadn't thought anything wrong with the novel when that same agent requested the full manuscript after I won a three - line - pitch contest, I knew as as soon as I got her (very polite) rejection that something WAS wrong.

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And maybe you'll even get some good reviews, which are a better high than even a request for a full manuscript.