Fanfare! Submission Gong

[Mark Odell]

If only I had a book long enough! Mine classifies as a novella and there isn't exactly a dearth of publishers accepting novella sized works....but one must persist!

And good work on sending the bugger out

 

[Alistair Roberts]

So here's an opportunity to GONG. Just released a printed version of "Ceridwen and the Order of the Future Keepers" on Lulu. It will trickle down to Amazon and Barnes n Noble shortly.
http://www.lulu.com/shop/alistair-r...uture-keepers/paperback/product-22298665.html

 

[Emurelda]

Another one bites the dust...took a bloomin' age to send this one. I find starting the submission process always results in the first one out to take a while then I'm on a roll. So in theory the next one should enter my sent in no time.

 

[Karen Gray]

Another one bites the dust...took a bloomin' age to send this one. I find starting the submission process always results in the first one out to take a while then I'm on a roll. So in theory the next one should enter my sent in no time.

Yay, glad you got it done though

 

[Emurelda]

Yay, glad you got it done though

So utterly glad! I tell you that much. The formatting 'copy and paste' onto email and not attach is annoying for some bizarre reason I can't work out.

 

[Emurelda]

I want to get to 20 as next target. Now that I have attempted to re-edit.

 

[Karen Gray]

So utterly glad! I tell you that much. The formatting 'copy and paste' onto email and not attach is annoying for some bizarre reason I can't work out.

Yeah that is a bit mad, and infuriating at times!

 

[Emurelda]

Yeah that is a bit mad, and infuriating at times!

Tell me about it!

 

[Emurelda]

Another one gone to the ether!

Blimey took me a while...4 hours - what drama in between those submissions! Including finding out one of my sites was out of action! Sorted that out then finding all files have been deleted. *sigh*

 

[Emurelda]

Today was interesting. Not only have I submitted to two more agents..I started understanding the players a bit more. So focus was on the biggest agencies.

Also, I've tapped into the editorial services of one of the 3 mentioned in Harry Bingham's 'Getting Published'. They're offering to see the first chapter, synopsis and query for free.

It's pretty quiet here lately...is anyone else not submitting for now?

 

[Jennifer Stone]

I shall be submitting soon, in the very near future. Get ready to hear me ding that gong

 

[Emurelda]

I shall be submitting soon, in the very near future. Get ready to hear me ding that gong

Yey!

 

[Jason Byrne]

Three gongs here, for submissions 85-87 respectively!

 

[Emurelda]

Three gongs here, for submissions 85-87 respectively!

Wow! 87!

They do say it's a numbers game and your chance are getting higher.

 

[Nicole Wilson]

Today was interesting. Not only have I submitted to two more agents..I started understanding the players a bit more. So focus was on the biggest agencies.

Also, I've tapped into the editorial services of one of the 3 mentioned in Harry Bingham's 'Getting Published'. They're offering to see the first chapter, synopsis and query for free.

It's pretty quiet here lately...is anyone else not submitting for now?

Every time I get a rejection, I send another one out to keep the number open to 10. I'm at 22 submissions total now, with 10 out plus 1 MS request. 10 is a nice number that gives me hope and turns my thoughts away from the rejections

 

[Emurelda]

Every time I get a rejection, I send another one out to keep the number open to 10. I'm at 22 submissions total now, with 10 out plus 1 MS request. 10 is a nice number that gives me hope and turns my thoughts away from the rejections

Nice round number. I like that strategy.

 

[Jason Byrne]

Wow! 87!

They do say it's a numbers game and your chance are getting higher.

Yeah, but Carol can also tell you that if you send out a hundred letters with no replies, you need to change something about your submission — a thousand submissions won't do you any good if no one is giving you any interest by that point. I'm just finishing out my list in due diligence before breaking the story into smaller, more marketable pieces and starting over.

 

[Emurelda]

Yeah, but Carol can also tell you that if you send out a hundred letters with no replies, you need to change something about your submission — a thousand submissions won't do you any good if no one is giving you any interest by that point. I'm just finishing out my list in due diligence before breaking the story into smaller, more marketable pieces and starting over.

When you start over - will you select a fresh batch of agents or the same ones?

 

[Jason Byrne]

Every time I get a rejection, I send another one out to keep the number open to 10. I'm at 22 submissions total now, with 10 out plus 1 MS request. 10 is a nice number that gives me hope and turns my thoughts away from the rejections

I've got 35 out of 87 still outstanding, myself, all with calendar reminders on my phone. My iPhone calendar looks like a minefield of disappointment.

 

[Jason Byrne]

When you start over - will you select a fresh batch of agents or the same ones?

I'll reuse any names at all that don't preclude re-submissions, and probably the other ones too just for fun. Most places say "don't re-submit a previously-submitted work without making significant revisions," which is pretty much permission to do so afterward.

 

[Jason Byrne]

It will almost be fun to see what kind of reaction I get — just to see how much the word count was really hurting me...

 

[Alistair Roberts]

I submit about every second day, just don't bother saying so

 

[Jason Byrne]

Gong. Just managed to hold a conversation with an agent on Twitter, and end up spotlighting my query letter.

Until I've successfully broken the book into three, I've now also included in the query letter my openness to doing so.

I don't think there's a better shot I could take, at this point in the game.

 

[Nicole Wilson]

Gong. Just managed to hold a conversation with an agent on Twitter, and end up spotlighting my query letter.

Until I've successfully broken the book into three, I've now also included in the query letter my openness to doing so.

I don't think there's a better shot I could take, at this point in the game.

Super cool! That's great news

 

[Alistair Roberts]

Well it's your book Jason, but from a practical point of view I wouldn't send out any queries until you have separated it into three books, so it's ready in a size and series that they will accept, but just my POV. Meanwhile I've just sent out another 3 queries

 

[Jason Byrne]

Well it's your book Jason, but from a practical point of view I wouldn't send out any queries until you have separated it into three books, so it's ready in a size and series that they will accept, but just my POV. Meanwhile I've just sent out another 3 queries

Might as well keep firing my gun in the air going AAARR in the meantime — better than taking no shots at all. While I acknowledge the necessity of separating it into three stories, it's still not plan A... I've got maybe twenty more shots left before I'm out, and nothing but time.

 

[Alistair Roberts]

Good luck either way

 

[Jason Byrne]

FRUSTRATED at every turn!

 

[Emurelda]

There are several strands to submitting. But they fall into two categories:

Conventional
Unconventional

Am researching the latter. Will post something about it later. My son wants to read 'Paddington mends the House'...l

 

[Emurelda]

Right so we've almost finished 'Paddington Mends the House'..and we've reached a cliff hanger moment.

So with that break I thought I'd come back to the 'unconventional ways of submitting' and I've lost my thought process. Excuse me whilst I brainstorm with myself, mesh out ways I thought were ingenious last night... and if you don't hear back from me let's just conclude they were not great after all.