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I've always heard agents say to pitch just one book at a time with them, but last week at an agents panel at my Backspace conference, I finally learned why. One agent said it was a definite turn-off for them when an author said in a query that the...
Sounds like you have a series. I had four novels finished before I placed any book in my series. The publisher bought two of them. The downside is that they end up picking and choosing and destroy the continuity.
There you go. The second two aren't really ready for submission quite yet. Just pitch your first, completed novel, mentioning it is a stand-alone one, but with two others almost done to make a series. Don't go into detail about the second two. If ...
Dan,
Thank you for your response.
Maybe a bit more information would be helpful.
My "series" is set in the mid-1800's centering around the war of 1812.
The main theme is the Paranormal.
Your comment raised some concern that maybe you feel a "serie...
With a query, what your target audience wants is an original and compelling novel. Even better is a such a novel that "has legs" or is "pool-able," i.e. can lead to a series. Sounds like that's what you're offering.
Listen to I.J. and Jon on this, not me. They gave active experience with agency representation. I don't. Take everything I say with a grain of salt. Unless, of course, you're allergic to salt, then take a substitute.
It's a trilogy if, at the end of three, you've finished a single extended plot. If each book has its own more-or-less unique plot not dependent on the others to make sense or feel complete, it's a series. It's a saga if it's a long, continuous sto...
It really depends on the books. Were they written as a trilogy, that is, three consecutive novels about the same person/people and concluded in the the third? Then it's a trilogy. You do need to market as a trilogy, though in a query synopsis, I'd...
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- At 10:46am on November 25, 2008,
Dan Coleman said…
- Always glad to meet somebody from Gerber.
- At 4:49pm on August 22, 2008,
carole gill said… - thanks for replying!
Baby food capital, eh? hmmm!
- At 4:20am on July 17, 2008,
Dan Coleman said…
- Hey, Darlene,
Welcome.
Want unexpected? Try my novel, FOUL SHOT, for free on my site, www.PVT-i.COM, before publication.
Hope you enjoy it.
Dan
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