Comments on: When You Get an Offer

By: Kidlit.com · Getting Offers from Multiple Agents

Kidlit.com · Getting Offers from Multiple Agents — Mon, 31 May 2010 16:01:31 +0000

[...] you first get an offer of representation (see a previous post on this topic), send an email to all the other agents who have your partial or full. More often than not, in [...]

By: Ariel

Ariel — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:45:29 +0000

This is great advice for all looking for an agent! I just started to read through your blog and I can’t wait to finish there are so many great tips and hints! Thanks for taking the time to do this!

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:55:27 +0000

Ashley — My advice would be to get an agent. Otherwise, follow the submission guidelines the publishers gave you when they expressed interest and submit. However, there are a lot of bogus publishers and vanity presses out there. You should never pay a cent to have your manuscript published and no reputable publisher would demand that from you. If you receive an offer, do the above.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:07:26 +0000

This is a wonderful article about agents, but I wonder if the same rules apply with a publisher? I’ve come across a couple publishers interested in my manuscript, but then I don’t know how to go about conducting business with them to be beneficial to my story.

By: Marice Kraal

Marice Kraal — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:27:47 +0000

Thanks for all the frank and fearless advice on your blog! I’m wondering what a writer should do if they are ever in the most enviable position of having more than one agent wanting to represent them? How do you go about choosing one, without burning your bridges with the other? Are there any pitfalls to avoid?

Or is that a situation that only exists in dreams?

Thanks again for all the great advice. I wish I’d found your site at the beginning of my query journey.

By: Heather Dougherty

Heather Dougherty — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:37:40 +0000

Thank you for the examples – what an embarrassment of riches that would be! I appreciate you taking the time to keep us writers on the right track. It’s great to get a little guidance in these things.

By: Sarah Laurenson

Sarah Laurenson — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:25:40 +0000

Excellent post. I was just thinking about this today.

Thank you.

By: Mary

Mary — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 04:16:30 +0000

Natalie — Oh, got it! Glad I answered. Sorry I didn’t get it the first time.

By: Natalie Aguirre

Natalie Aguirre — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:56:26 +0000

Thanks for your answer to Charles’ question. That was really mine, though not articulated that well. Your advice is really helpful.

By: Mary

Mary — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:07:08 +0000

Margaret — Thanks for your kind words and I got your nod on LinkedIn today. And if you click on Editorial Ass, you’ll see that’s the name of the blog! She’s the one hanging out there! (I hope your comment was a joke but if not, just clarifying.)