Does anybody have a web site address for this agency? I am trying to find out what their policy is on simultaneous and multiple submissions. Any help would be most appreciated. Please email me at [email protected]. Thanks.
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[Agency] Sheil Land Associates Ltd. (UK)
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I'm sorry to barge into this discussion, but I need help getting to the thread on Sheil Land. Can't for the life of me figure out how to do that and I have a question.
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Thanks CaoPaux. But, of course, the link doesn't work for me.
When I sign in, I know how to get here, but not where on that list to go to get to "The List."
Anyhow, my question relates to sending an equery to Ian Drury who says equeries are fine on PM and gives an email address. Problem is, even when I type "Query" in the subject line, email bounces and server tells me that email address thinks its SPAM.
Anyone else had this experience? Know how to get around it? Thanks.
When I sign in, I know how to get here, but not where on that list to go to get to "The List."
Anyhow, my question relates to sending an equery to Ian Drury who says equeries are fine on PM and gives an email address. Problem is, even when I type "Query" in the subject line, email bounces and server tells me that email address thinks its SPAM.
Anyone else had this experience? Know how to get around it? Thanks.
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Some interesting statistics here: 1 offer out of 9 rejections.
http://www.litmatch.net/Literary-Agency-Info.asp?agcy_id=794
http://www.litmatch.net/Literary-Agency-Info.asp?agcy_id=794
I'm not finding specifics on their website re: which agents rep which kinds of books. It looks like to submit, one must send the forbidden "To whom it might concern," query?
http://www.sheilland.co.uk/Sheil_Land_Associates/Welcome.html
http://www.sheilland.co.uk/Sheil_Land_Associates/Welcome.html
Updating URL: http://www.sheilland.com/
Y'all might recall she was among the first to launch an ebook imprint (Peach Publishing) to publish clients' backlists, which sparked quite the kerfuffle with Random House (Bookseller article).
Y'all might recall she was among the first to launch an ebook imprint (Peach Publishing) to publish clients' backlists, which sparked quite the kerfuffle with Random House (Bookseller article).
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I sent last week as attachments - I can't imagine anyone easily using an email that contains a query, cv, synopsis, and first 50 MS pages.
The requests I've seen to specifically paste material into the email body have been for much smaller samples than that.
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I know, but the guy who replied to me wrote "full". Is it customary to refer to a one-page as a full?
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He means it should include the ending - lots of people mistakenly leave the synopsis on a cliffhanger.
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Hello, I'm Maverick, and have just joined the Absolute Write Water Cooler forum. I've been wondering if a forum exists for Sheil Land Literary Agents, as I submitted a synopsis and sample chapters of my dystopian, science fiction / fantasy novel, "Poisoned Trees & Yellow Grass," to them nearly 7 weeks ago. They did not state a time limit for which I should wait for a response from them, and I wondered how much longer I should wait before trying another literary agent. I hear Yasmin Standen handles novels of all kinds of genres, and thought I might try her next. I wrote another dystopian novel, "The Down & Outs," years ago, but turned my back on writing for over 20 years because the agent who had just agreed to represent it suddenly died, and his successor wasn't interested in representing the book, which I eventually self-published in 2013.
Hello, I'm Maverick, and have just joined the Absolute Write Water Cooler forum. I've been wondering if a forum exists for Sheil Land Literary Agents, as I submitted a synopsis and sample chapters of my dystopian, science fiction / fantasy novel, "Poisoned Trees & Yellow Grass," to them nearly 7 weeks ago. They did not state a time limit for which I should wait for a response from them, and I wondered how much longer I should wait before trying another literary agent. I hear Yasmin Standen handles novels of all kinds of genres, and thought I might try her next. I wrote another dystopian novel, "The Down & Outs," years ago, but turned my back on writing for over 20 years because the agent who had just agreed to represent it suddenly died, and his successor wasn't interested in representing the book, which I eventually self-published in 2013.
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Hi maverick,
I submitted to Sheil Land back in 2014 and it took a little over 16 weeks for their response. However, there is no need for you to wait for a response before you query other agents.
I'm pretty sure there's a main thread for Sheil Land somewhere around here, so perhaps a helpful mod will merge these replies there.
EDIT: Ah, here it is: http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?147075-Agency-Sheil-Land-Associates-Ltd-(UK)
I submitted to Sheil Land back in 2014 and it took a little over 16 weeks for their response. However, there is no need for you to wait for a response before you query other agents.
I'm pretty sure there's a main thread for Sheil Land somewhere around here, so perhaps a helpful mod will merge these replies there.
EDIT: Ah, here it is: http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?147075-Agency-Sheil-Land-Associates-Ltd-(UK)
I very recently got a form rejection from them about three weeks after I submitted, but that was after I'd let them know I had an offer from another agent.
They're a good agency, and worth waiting for.
They're a good agency, and worth waiting for.
You should not be querying agents one at a time and waiting for a respose before querying the next on your list, that way madness lies! I am a client of Shiel Land and on occasions it can take 3 months for me to hear back about a new manuscript.