The Big Six are the same in the UK as they are in the US.
This sounds very very similar to the Twilight in Sergei Lukyanenko's Night Watch series. Excellent books by the way. There are something like 7...
Publisher is her job title. She is the head of an imprint in one of the Big Six publishing houses. This is in the UK so maybe job titles are...
A publisher at one of the Big Six has offered to critique my work for a (not small) fee. I respect this person's opinion and the company she works...
I'm pretty much in the same boat as you. An editor in one of the Big Four (UK) is reading my mss as a favour and enjoying it, the feedback has...
Where can you find them? Google is your friend. How can I find one in my area? You don't need to have an agent in your area but it's advisable...
Grenouille in Perfume doesn't kill his mother in child birth. She is working on a fish stall, gives birth under the table, basically pushes the...
I always write what I would want to read. I'm a fan of character-driven, unusual, cult novels and there are not a huge number out there. I want to...
So I slightly amended my standard query and sent it off to this agent, just the email, no attachments. An hour later I got a reply asking for the...
Thank you PrettyGood and Elgaisma. I probably will send an amended version of my standard query. I've already had three requests for fulls but...
I don't think it's unreasonable to ask if anybody had contacted an agent independently of a formal submission procedure. If nobody has ever done...
Because it is the difference between going directly into a rather large slush pile or going directly to the most appropriate agent in the company...
Because this is a forum for advice about publishing. I was asking if anybody has come across this before and had any advice on the subject.
Thanks for your responses! The agency (UK based, definitely legit) website has very specific submission guidelines and nowhere does it say...
My manuscript is as polished as it's ever going to be so I'm ready to begin querying. I found an agent in a pretty big agency who would be a great...
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