I'm about to query, and I have sort of a weird situation here. I parted ways with my agent a little while ago. Before that happened, she subbed my book to four editors. It got some nice comments back, but there were a few problems with it, so nobody offered.
After I parted ways with my agent I scrapped the book, but I loved the characters and the first two chapters so much that I reused them. Basically it starts the same way, the first two chapters are the same. The characters are the same but 90% of it is a totally different book.
This explanation is too long for a query letter, do I just wait to explain this when someone requests the manuscript? I want to be honest about this, and I also want to look professional, but it's not a situation I've dealt with before.
Comments? Suggestions?
After I parted ways with my agent I scrapped the book, but I loved the characters and the first two chapters so much that I reused them. Basically it starts the same way, the first two chapters are the same. The characters are the same but 90% of it is a totally different book.
This explanation is too long for a query letter, do I just wait to explain this when someone requests the manuscript? I want to be honest about this, and I also want to look professional, but it's not a situation I've dealt with before.
Comments? Suggestions?
