I'm a newbie here, so forgive me if this has been discussed.
I have two distinct areas of writing that I'm trying to have published. The first area is commerical fiction. The second area is children's picture books. I have a completed manuscript in both areas.
I have sent out a handful - okay, three- queries to agents for my picture book. Given the state of the market, my lack of publishing credits, and the fact that I don't have an MFA in anything, my chances of getting a postive response are about nil.
I'm ready to start querying for the novel. But, I haven't heard from two of the agents about the picture book.
So say the stars conjoin with Venus and Mercury and one of the agents actually wants to represent the picture book. But in the meantime, I start querying for the novel and somebody else wants to represent the novel. That would mean I have two agents representing two projects. It's not likely, not probable, but a remote possiblity.
Would that work? Would it violate some "writer's ethos" of ethical behavior for writers? The last thing I want to do in trying to publish my first book would be to black list myself.
I'm confused about how to proceed. I sent one query for the novel before I got my wits about me. The query was well received, but the first five pages bombed, so she passed. However, she agreed to let me resubmit the first five pages again if I decided to rewrite it. I did rewrite it and it's much better. I would like to resubmit now, while the memory is still fresh in her head. But if I do that, and then the picture book get picked up by one of the other agents, it might be confusing and/or frowned upon.
On the other hand, the people who would be the best fit for my novel certainly aren't the best fit for the picture book and vice versa. (There was one, but that person passed)
So what do I do? Do I resend the first five pages of the novel to the agent while the memory is fresh, or do I wait for my rejects from the other agents first?
Thanks for any thoughts.
I have two distinct areas of writing that I'm trying to have published. The first area is commerical fiction. The second area is children's picture books. I have a completed manuscript in both areas.
I have sent out a handful - okay, three- queries to agents for my picture book. Given the state of the market, my lack of publishing credits, and the fact that I don't have an MFA in anything, my chances of getting a postive response are about nil.
I'm ready to start querying for the novel. But, I haven't heard from two of the agents about the picture book.
So say the stars conjoin with Venus and Mercury and one of the agents actually wants to represent the picture book. But in the meantime, I start querying for the novel and somebody else wants to represent the novel. That would mean I have two agents representing two projects. It's not likely, not probable, but a remote possiblity.
Would that work? Would it violate some "writer's ethos" of ethical behavior for writers? The last thing I want to do in trying to publish my first book would be to black list myself.
I'm confused about how to proceed. I sent one query for the novel before I got my wits about me. The query was well received, but the first five pages bombed, so she passed. However, she agreed to let me resubmit the first five pages again if I decided to rewrite it. I did rewrite it and it's much better. I would like to resubmit now, while the memory is still fresh in her head. But if I do that, and then the picture book get picked up by one of the other agents, it might be confusing and/or frowned upon.
On the other hand, the people who would be the best fit for my novel certainly aren't the best fit for the picture book and vice versa. (There was one, but that person passed)
So what do I do? Do I resend the first five pages of the novel to the agent while the memory is fresh, or do I wait for my rejects from the other agents first?
Thanks for any thoughts.
