Okay, here's the deal. I wrote a book, I sent it off to agents. Got good responses with requests for a fair amount of fulls and partials. But then the market flooded with books that are really similar to mine. Agents who rejected the full said either the hook wasn't strong enough, or they already have clients who write along similar themes. They all liked my writing and my voice. Slowly, the number of agents reading the full dwindled from 15 to 3 left. One of them is my dream agent and she's had the full for two months now.
While I was waiting, I started working on my next book. But then I had an epiphany. So I've decided to do a major rewrite to make the hook stronger, and to make it less similar to the books that have recently sold. The whole second half of the book is completely different now.
I think it has a better chance of selling to publishers, but what do I do about those three agents who are still considering the old version? My gut is telling me to email those agents, and tell them I'm doing a major rewrite, and can I pull it from consideration until I'm done. But what if they don't like the changes I'm making?
What would you do?
While I was waiting, I started working on my next book. But then I had an epiphany. So I've decided to do a major rewrite to make the hook stronger, and to make it less similar to the books that have recently sold. The whole second half of the book is completely different now.
I think it has a better chance of selling to publishers, but what do I do about those three agents who are still considering the old version? My gut is telling me to email those agents, and tell them I'm doing a major rewrite, and can I pull it from consideration until I'm done. But what if they don't like the changes I'm making?
What would you do?
