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Yet another day has passed and no word on the status on my manuscript. I sent a full out about nine months ago and havent heard anything from Dorchester Publications. I know that it tends to take them a while and i'm doing my best to convince myself no news is good news, but at the same time i'm also really tempted to send out a couple of queries to some of the bigger publications houses just to see if I get any nibbles. My reasoning is if I keep on waiting and end up with a rejection slip I'll wind up sending out those queries anyway, but if I act proactively and send them out I might be able to at least get another request for a full manuscript and get something going rather than just wait for a response that might not even come.
I guess the big hurdle is i've never been published before and don't have an agent. The places i'm looking to send to are listed as only accepting agented material--although maybe if they like what they see and I somehow peak their interest maybe they'll consider checking out my work.
I figure I could try to send out five or six more queries and see what happens. The worst thing is I end up with a rejection slip from Dorchester and nobody responds to my queries--but than again it doesn't really change my current situation so I thought i'd ask for advice here.
I guess the big hurdle is i've never been published before and don't have an agent. The places i'm looking to send to are listed as only accepting agented material--although maybe if they like what they see and I somehow peak their interest maybe they'll consider checking out my work.
I figure I could try to send out five or six more queries and see what happens. The worst thing is I end up with a rejection slip from Dorchester and nobody responds to my queries--but than again it doesn't really change my current situation so I thought i'd ask for advice here.