Time to wait

by Gilly Ansell
1st August 2012

I am in the process of sending work off to prospective agents and wondered if any of you also have the same response sometimes, which is no reply at all? Upto now, I have been sending work to only one agent at a time and even those who request email submissions sometimes don't seem to reply. If they read it within days of receiving it, I could be waiting 6-8 weeks for nothing. Any tips on dealing with this would be appreciated (other than writing a best selling book in the first place)

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Hi Nicholas,

you might be better to post this as a question on it's own rather than as an answer as you may get more answers

Gilly

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06/08/2012

Can anyone suggest an editor, I allowed my printer (I know ) big mistake on my first book, to check it for me....and left me looking an idiot with some spelling and grammer mistakes, now nearly completed my second book need some help!!!!!!!

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06/08/2012

I don't think I will be paying out for a literary editor Adrian as 1) I can't afford it and 2) I have a couple of good friends who check my work for me for free.

Thanks Louise, I found your answer really helpful. Looks like I need to learn some patience :-)

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