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Does anyone have any information concerning Mary Sue Seymour/The Seymour Agency? I have researched and found a bit of info, but nothing conclusive.
Thanks,
KL
Thanks,
KL
Has anyone had any more recent experience with her? I'm planning on sending my first 50 pp since Victoria stated in her last posting that the fee thing was an old practice. Any new info would be helpful.
Thanks, that's helpful. I'm curious, what exactly is women's fiction? Is that just a catch-all?
I'm halfway through the third book in my series and am considering preparing a synopsis submitting all three books as an anthology.
I'm considering going back and editing one of my older novels (I finished several earlier this year) and then submitting those instead of submitting these three in the series. If I have several different novels, then I can submit them to several agents, right? That might be better for me. I wouldn't mind so much if they edited those novels, but if they over-edited this series, I'd be crushed.
I send what the agent or publisher says on their submission page that they want to see. What they want varies pretty drastically from one to another.Thanks. I've added it to my thread list and printed the pages so I know what's reasonable. I received two rejections today from the query letter and synopsis I mailed last Tuesday. They didn't even bother reading it, just looked at the genre and sent a form letter. Not even a letter, but a little piece of photocopied paper. Disappointing. The other form letter was mailed by the secretary who was at least up front about the lit agent not even reading it. Was hoping that reputable agents at least ready your letter rather than letting the secretary blow you off entirely. Oh well, still looking, but I'm typing up a new query letter and putting it in the "women's fiction" genre rather than "romantic suspense". We'll see if that makes a difference.
Thank you so much for your help. It's nice to find so many friendly writers out there. I have no clue how much novels make, so when I hear fees, I cringe.
Now, I have another question for you. Have you ever tried sending the first twenty pages of your ms rather than a synopsis with your query letter? Have you had any luck sending directly to publishers rather than lit agents? I've read on some of the usenet groups about people who go straight to the publisher and there's another thread here where they queried Llewellyn directly. I'm wondering if that might be the way to go or to at least give it a try. It can't hurt. I've got over a dozen finished novels on my hard drive and have no problem writing up query letters for each. One of my college degrees is in science so I'm viewing this as a science experiment with my kids as I try to get published. lol. It keeps me from getting depressed. I feel like the last girl asked to the prom.
I have two novels currently under consideration at publishers, so I suppose I have had some at any rate.Wow, this is so helpful. I just tried both. I didn't even know they existed. I think I'll try some of those places while I'm submitting my queries to agents. It can't hurt. Have you had any luck with those website publishers? Thank you!!
Now, I have another question for you. Have you ever tried sending the first twenty pages of your ms rather than a synopsis with your query letter? Have you had any luck sending directly to publishers rather than lit agents? I've read on some of the usenet groups about people who go straight to the publisher and there's another thread here where they queried Llewellyn directly. I'm wondering if that might be the way to go or to at least give it a try. It can't hurt. I've got over a dozen finished novels on my hard drive and have no problem writing up query letters for each. One of my college degrees is in science so I'm viewing this as a science experiment with my kids as I try to get published. lol. It keeps me from getting depressed. I feel like the last girl asked to the prom.