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Hello there!
I'm an established author who has four contracted books through a small publisher. My third is about to launch in April, leaving my fourth to be completed mid-year. My fifth work is slowly in progress while I work on the fourth, but it will not be completed until the end of the year. What then? Given a platform of three published works under my belt and the fourth to follow, I thought that it would be time to get myself an agent - however, should this be done without a completed manuscript to shop around? Given the connections and resources that agents can bring (to say nothing of the time it can take to get a response!) it would seem logical that now is the time to start, although I have zero experience with agents having gone straight to developing a relationship with my publisher. Does anyone have any advice to share? Thanks very much in advance.
I'm an established author who has four contracted books through a small publisher. My third is about to launch in April, leaving my fourth to be completed mid-year. My fifth work is slowly in progress while I work on the fourth, but it will not be completed until the end of the year. What then? Given a platform of three published works under my belt and the fourth to follow, I thought that it would be time to get myself an agent - however, should this be done without a completed manuscript to shop around? Given the connections and resources that agents can bring (to say nothing of the time it can take to get a response!) it would seem logical that now is the time to start, although I have zero experience with agents having gone straight to developing a relationship with my publisher. Does anyone have any advice to share? Thanks very much in advance.