Thanks to a post in the NEPAT I came across an agent's suggestions for query letters, and this got me wondering.
This is probably a really stupid question, but--are there any publishers or agents who would penalize you for not sending any part of the manuscript? In other words, could one just default to sending a query only and only shipping sample chapters/manuscript when asked for them?
'Cos I'm thinking that it'd save me a bundle on postage to just stick to a query letter when I've got a novel hashed out. Thoughts? Suggestions?
This is probably a really stupid question, but--are there any publishers or agents who would penalize you for not sending any part of the manuscript? In other words, could one just default to sending a query only and only shipping sample chapters/manuscript when asked for them?
'Cos I'm thinking that it'd save me a bundle on postage to just stick to a query letter when I've got a novel hashed out. Thoughts? Suggestions?