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Hi All,
New to this world. I met with many agent rejections (many form letters/emails) and came across some people who were published by directly querying publishers. So I thought "why not?" nothing else is working yet.
My potential second mistake was thinking as follows: "In this age of email, there really isn't any reason not to include a manuscript in the email as an attachment; it can be ignored if the query doesn't interest or if the person is scared of viruses." Sooooo, I sent the manuscripts along with my email queries (saves a step too). I did this to agents and publishers.
Later on, I come across internet pages that say that agents are very leery to represent a work, even one they like, if publishers have seen it.
So, have I unknowningly shot myself in the foot if an agent is interested to represent me? No editor has responded or asked to see the manuscript, but many have it in their INBOX.
If this is bad, can someone explain why it is bad? Seriously, I don't actually know the business very well.
Thanks.
New to this world. I met with many agent rejections (many form letters/emails) and came across some people who were published by directly querying publishers. So I thought "why not?" nothing else is working yet.
My potential second mistake was thinking as follows: "In this age of email, there really isn't any reason not to include a manuscript in the email as an attachment; it can be ignored if the query doesn't interest or if the person is scared of viruses." Sooooo, I sent the manuscripts along with my email queries (saves a step too). I did this to agents and publishers.
Later on, I come across internet pages that say that agents are very leery to represent a work, even one they like, if publishers have seen it.
So, have I unknowningly shot myself in the foot if an agent is interested to represent me? No editor has responded or asked to see the manuscript, but many have it in their INBOX.
If this is bad, can someone explain why it is bad? Seriously, I don't actually know the business very well.
Thanks.