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I Have a Book Deal!
I started querying this book almost exactly 1 year ago in June 2020. I got my agent in February 2021 and now on June 15, 2021 I have a deal with an honest-to-God publisher. Crooked Lane is a smaller publisher, but it specializes in mysteries, which is exactly the kind of publisher I want. And,…
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The First Rule of Book Submission is You Don’t Talk about Book Submission
I won’t be able to talk much about my book situation right now. No matter where I actually am in the process of getting a deal, my book is still “Under Submission” to editors until a contract is signed and Publisher’s Weekly has made the announcement of the deal. Submissions themselves can take anywhere from…
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Under Submission
That’s a weird term, “Under Submission.” Under = In an existent state of. Submission = Consideration or Judgement. There’s a nebulous quality to that phrase that can’t quit convey how emotionally fraught it is to be “Under Submission.” To be “Under Submission” means your agent wrote a pitch (essentially a much better written query) and…
Mindy Carlson 