Does anyone have any information on the possibility of using previously published material in an agent search?
I have one novel in print and another on the way this summer. One is to a small press (I hate that phrase) and the other is to a niche publisher. One of my editors is encouraging me to seek a wider audience. (I have a third book completed and ready for query and a fourth which should be completed sometime this spring, so I'm not just looking for a short cut.)
So I was wondering what the consensus and recommendations are for involving published novels in the quest for representation. I read in Writer's Digest that agents are more likely to go with writers who are willing to make a career out of it, and I've got a book on the shelf, a book on the way, a completed, unsold manuscript and a final draft on the home stretch.
I have one novel in print and another on the way this summer. One is to a small press (I hate that phrase) and the other is to a niche publisher. One of my editors is encouraging me to seek a wider audience. (I have a third book completed and ready for query and a fourth which should be completed sometime this spring, so I'm not just looking for a short cut.)
So I was wondering what the consensus and recommendations are for involving published novels in the quest for representation. I read in Writer's Digest that agents are more likely to go with writers who are willing to make a career out of it, and I've got a book on the shelf, a book on the way, a completed, unsold manuscript and a final draft on the home stretch.
