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I realise that this is going to be totally irrelevant when I have queried every agent on the planet and am crying into my beer but I'm only at the start and am still being positive!
I have written a character driven sci-fi book. I have seen a UK agent that I think it would really fit with, looking at the other books he has sold. He is definitely a hard SF and Fantasy agent, which is great for this book.
After that there are Canadian and US agents I think may be a good fit (I am English but there is nothing linking it to the UK and I spend enough time in the US that I have intentionally avoided any British-English specific language that would limit it from an international market).
But, my next book (I have about 5000 words of this) is quite different. Its more like contemporary fiction with a mix of magic realism. Its written in the first person in a diary format, set in the South of England with an MC who is not very well educated and speaks as such. She is very English, a minor celebrity, and references contemporary British culture constantly.
My problem is that this book I don't think would be a good fit at all for Sci Fi agent #1, and I think the US and Canadian agents would just be baffled by it. It would be much better suited for one of the boutique agencies in London that does quirky fiction. But they aren't going to be very interested in my Sci Fi book.
Should I just sent my finished Sci Fi book to wherever would be the best fit for it, and then worry about the next one later? Or would people recommend I try and find an agent that would cover all the kinds of books I intend to write. This would most likely be one of the larger London based agency.
Thanks.
I have written a character driven sci-fi book. I have seen a UK agent that I think it would really fit with, looking at the other books he has sold. He is definitely a hard SF and Fantasy agent, which is great for this book.
After that there are Canadian and US agents I think may be a good fit (I am English but there is nothing linking it to the UK and I spend enough time in the US that I have intentionally avoided any British-English specific language that would limit it from an international market).
But, my next book (I have about 5000 words of this) is quite different. Its more like contemporary fiction with a mix of magic realism. Its written in the first person in a diary format, set in the South of England with an MC who is not very well educated and speaks as such. She is very English, a minor celebrity, and references contemporary British culture constantly.
My problem is that this book I don't think would be a good fit at all for Sci Fi agent #1, and I think the US and Canadian agents would just be baffled by it. It would be much better suited for one of the boutique agencies in London that does quirky fiction. But they aren't going to be very interested in my Sci Fi book.
Should I just sent my finished Sci Fi book to wherever would be the best fit for it, and then worry about the next one later? Or would people recommend I try and find an agent that would cover all the kinds of books I intend to write. This would most likely be one of the larger London based agency.
Thanks.
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