Here is something I run across a few times and don't exactly understand ... agencies that won't accept queries from outside the US.
I can understand the rational in most cases, although in this age of email/internet, even non-American's attempting to break into the US market face an uphill battle ... but what about us ex-pats who not only know and understand the American mindset, culture, way-of-life and can explain how Geo. W. Bush got elected last time, but happen to live outside the city limits?
Take my case: first, I have a US social security number ... then, I have a US bank account ... plus I not only write stories that take place in the US and never miss an opportunity to vote in federal elections. How good is that? Actually, the only thing I no longer have, to further my argument, is a US post office address. To repeat myself, with the Internet and email, that should no longer matter, should it? (Okay, sending a manuscript via the post office would take a few extra days ... but how big of a hurry is the publishing business in, anyway?)
To simply state "We accept submissions only from writers residing in the U.S." doesn't make sense to me and is quite frustrating.
Am I wrong?
I can understand the rational in most cases, although in this age of email/internet, even non-American's attempting to break into the US market face an uphill battle ... but what about us ex-pats who not only know and understand the American mindset, culture, way-of-life and can explain how Geo. W. Bush got elected last time, but happen to live outside the city limits?
Take my case: first, I have a US social security number ... then, I have a US bank account ... plus I not only write stories that take place in the US and never miss an opportunity to vote in federal elections. How good is that? Actually, the only thing I no longer have, to further my argument, is a US post office address. To repeat myself, with the Internet and email, that should no longer matter, should it? (Okay, sending a manuscript via the post office would take a few extra days ... but how big of a hurry is the publishing business in, anyway?)
To simply state "We accept submissions only from writers residing in the U.S." doesn't make sense to me and is quite frustrating.
Am I wrong?
