Date Posted:16:34:57 07/09/12 Mon Author: Oatcake Subject: CONGRATS!!! - and fingers crossed for finding a publisher! In reply to:
Larnsturt
's message, "Hello again!" on 20:57:26 07/02/12 Mon
>Hey guys! I know it's been forever since I've been
>here (like...2010? I'm the worst) but I have some
>good news!
>
>I've really, actually, truly finished my novel!
> I'm now going through that wonderful stage of
>letting/making people I trust read it. And going
>though various publishing houses and looking at agents
>and what not. It's enough to make the room spin.
>
>Anyways, I'm sure this has been asked before, but I
>haven't been able to find anything like it in the
>archives, so I'll ask it again.
>
>Any one here that's published and has words of wisdom?
> I've been all over Preditors and Editors, Literary
>Market Place, etc., but does anyone had success with a
>particular house or agent? Or, miracle upon miracles,
>know an agent or house looking for new manuscripts?
>
>Trying to avoid standard romance publishers, as my
>book's in the first person and most romance houses
>require it to be in the third person. I'm looking
>mostly at women's lit and the like. It's got sexy
>times in it, but it's more of a place-under-the-sun
>kind of novel. I think it may be a hard sell to
>traditional romance publishers.
>
>I'm sad/relieved this one is done. ON TO THE NEXT
>ONE! And I do plan on hanging out around here more
>often. I missed you guys, and I only have myself to
>blame!
susiej, 14:54:07 07/10/12 Tue