Hello all. Well I got a publisher to publish my book (it'll be out this winter from Nine Star Press). Here's the thing. This is a done deal, and so getting an agent involved in that is a no go. So what I'm wondering is since they don't have rights to the sequel, is it okay to pitch that one to an agent? It will probably end up with the same publisher, because I like them, but is it okay to do that? I also need an agent who will help with my next fantasy novel, so it's probably best to find someone who does both fantasy and M/M stuff. Just wondering if that's okay. Also, now that I have a publishing history, will it be easier to get an agent (fantasy is self-pubed)?
Agent question
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You can certainly query an agent after you have stuff published. If your published work did well, that helps a lot. Generally, though, agents will look mostly at the manuscript you've placed in front of them, metaphorically speaking.
In the process of what? Already been published? Already has an offer? Still being written?
In the process of being published. The one I have that is going to be published. I think the ship has sailed on the one that's already been self-pubed as very few agents will take stuff that's already self pubed. Or at least that's what I've heard. Could be wrong though.
You need a new, unpublished and unsold manuscript to query with. After all, an agent's main job is to sell your work: he or she can't sell something that's already published or in process of being published.
Yeah. Sometimes that's the annoying part. But so it goes. Maybe the next one, haha. And I have a story brewing. We'll see.