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Today I received an email from an agent who had my full manuscript who said he had to pass. He had some interesting feedback but what really shook me was the fact that he said a book with an extremely similar premise had just gone to auction. He said he didn't think it meant there wasn't room for my book but agents might be wary about picking it up, as the other book is getting a lot of pre publicity.
He was really lovely and said I was a very gifted writer line by line but he had concerns with the overall structure of the work. He said if I was going to send it out in light of the recent sale of this other book, then my MS would have to be close to perfect (which is very hard, a manuscript can't really be perfect, just perfect for the agent who decides to pick it up).
Anyway, I'm wondering what I'm doing all this for. Don't know if I should throw in the towel or push ahead with another novel. Feeling pretty sorry for myself.
He was really lovely and said I was a very gifted writer line by line but he had concerns with the overall structure of the work. He said if I was going to send it out in light of the recent sale of this other book, then my MS would have to be close to perfect (which is very hard, a manuscript can't really be perfect, just perfect for the agent who decides to pick it up).
Anyway, I'm wondering what I'm doing all this for. Don't know if I should throw in the towel or push ahead with another novel. Feeling pretty sorry for myself.