I have two projects I want to pitch, one (non-fiction) that would seem to have more immediate commercial potential and the other (a novel).
After amassing a few rejections on the novel, I've been thinking about changing my query to just mention the non-fiction project.
On the plus side, I might more easily get an agent, who I could later give the fiction ms. once the non-fiction has sold.
On the minus side, I could wind up with an agent who doesn't like (and won't pitch) my fiction.
On the other hand, if I wait until I find an agent for the fiction, the window for the non-fiction project could be shut.
In the interest of full disclosure, I now have the fiction at one agency and the non-fiction at another, with each unaware of the other side of my career.
But in preparing a new round of queries, I'm trying to figure out which approach would be the strongest to take.
After amassing a few rejections on the novel, I've been thinking about changing my query to just mention the non-fiction project.
On the plus side, I might more easily get an agent, who I could later give the fiction ms. once the non-fiction has sold.
On the minus side, I could wind up with an agent who doesn't like (and won't pitch) my fiction.
On the other hand, if I wait until I find an agent for the fiction, the window for the non-fiction project could be shut.
In the interest of full disclosure, I now have the fiction at one agency and the non-fiction at another, with each unaware of the other side of my career.
But in preparing a new round of queries, I'm trying to figure out which approach would be the strongest to take.