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I just sent my first full to a publisher who'd requested it, after reading the proposal and sample chapters. Have a second who's also requested it, but didn't have time to tackle both before the weekend.
Probably what's had the most impact is actually seeing the full manuscript printed out (not just existing as a computer file) for the very first time. Actually sitting in a manuscript box! Taking up a lot of space (323 pages is thick!) It made it so real and scary.
I even called my 22-year-old son into the room to admire it. He was suitably impressed, since he'd been very involved in college journalism.
This is nonfiction, so up till now what's been circulating has been the proposal and sample chapters, first to agents I queried, and then to the editors my agent pitched.
Feel kind of silly about this, but I guess it's taken on a whole new level of reality. Whatever happens with these publishers, I now believe i've written a book
Susan
Probably what's had the most impact is actually seeing the full manuscript printed out (not just existing as a computer file) for the very first time. Actually sitting in a manuscript box! Taking up a lot of space (323 pages is thick!) It made it so real and scary.
I even called my 22-year-old son into the room to admire it. He was suitably impressed, since he'd been very involved in college journalism.
This is nonfiction, so up till now what's been circulating has been the proposal and sample chapters, first to agents I queried, and then to the editors my agent pitched.
Feel kind of silly about this, but I guess it's taken on a whole new level of reality. Whatever happens with these publishers, I now believe i've written a book
Susan