Years ago I wrote a novel about a Honduran boy who comes to Houston, meets near the end of the story an investment banker who has, for different reasons, hated his own father. The circumstances of that meeting involve an extortion attempt, a crime encouraged by a woman the boy of 18 is sleeping with. I sent it out too soon. Little Brown, though interested, rejected it. Weeks later, my agent left the agency. I rewrote the novel, sent it out again, to small presses since I was unrepresented. One liked it a lot but said it wasn't their genre---my fault for not paying more attention to the guidelines. I tried others, one here in Texas, after reading the first chapter, said in today's mail I had an interesting premise that wasn't right for them. I've contacted others over the years: Gray Wolf, Unbridled, Seven Something, the one in North Carolina, all sending me their form letter rejections. Anybody know of a small press that might take a look?
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