It's submission time again.

[panik]

I've been fighting all weekend with synopses of varying lengths (every agent wants something different). I just sent out my 'elevator pitch' (their description, not mine) to Zeno who were accepting submissions but now, are not - my email sent back by return. ::sigh::

I'm just working on my spiel to Ian Drury at Sheil Land - first in line because he accepts email subs (and most do not). He only wants a one paragraph synopsis (of a 150,000 word novel. Piece of piss. O:!!!), two chapters and ' a short summary of why someone would pay their own cash money to read your book'.

I hate this part. Hate it like a massive serving of hate with hate sauce and a side order of loathing.

Cup of tea, I think, then back to the grind. Gotta have this baby out by teatime.

Comments

[gillyp.livejournal.com]

Thanks very much for going out to bat for me, it's really appreciated. I followed the link and I'll be honest, looking at their catalogue, I'm not sure mine fits in there. Mine is very much lit fic, not really pure genre like their usual stuff. I'll have a think about it and put a proposal together but I may hang fire a week or two before approaching them, wait for my A list agencies to reject me get back to me first.

Okeydokey

[epistrophia.livejournal.com]

From what he says, they seem like great people who are trying hard to set up something good. But I have a major niggle about HarperCollins; the last two books I read from them had horrendous errors that basic copyediting/proofreading would have caught. So you may be better off without them anyway.

His agent is Jennifer Jackson, based in NY, if you're looking for any more agenty people to approach...

Also...

[epistrophia.livejournal.com]

... don't know if you're interested, but he has a LJ - shevdon.