Dwindling numbers
In January, I went on a submissions binge and got lots of things out the door. Slowly, they are coming back. Not in any useful manner, I might add -- they don't arrive with gifts or housecleaners, or even revision requests. Instead, they are starting to fill folders.
And perhaps the worse part is that because I sent most of them out as multiple subs, I now have to wait to see if the one remaining copy of each in the field gets accepted (or not), prior to sending them off again.
If this sounds extreme, it's just because of the nature of the things I've got out. For instance, an easy reader ms. That kicks butt, btw. But still -- because so many of the houses that will even deign to look at easy reader manuscripts are under the same ginormous umbrellas, I don't feel right sending to two subs of the same parent corporation. (And in certain cases, it's decidedly "frowned on".) And so, I wait to see what will become of little Z&B.
In the case of my poetry collection, well, there are only so many houses that will consider a poetry collection from an unpublished author (I'm virtually certain they aren't counting my Blooming Tree credit, since it's one poem in an anthology). And many of them want exclusives. So, here's hoping that one of the sim sub folks snaps it up; otherwise, I must wait for all the little buggers to make their way back before sending the ms out again, one copy at a time, into the big, wide world.
Must get back to work on nonfiction book proposal. At least it hasn't been mailed anywhere yet.
And perhaps the worse part is that because I sent most of them out as multiple subs, I now have to wait to see if the one remaining copy of each in the field gets accepted (or not), prior to sending them off again.
If this sounds extreme, it's just because of the nature of the things I've got out. For instance, an easy reader ms. That kicks butt, btw. But still -- because so many of the houses that will even deign to look at easy reader manuscripts are under the same ginormous umbrellas, I don't feel right sending to two subs of the same parent corporation. (And in certain cases, it's decidedly "frowned on".) And so, I wait to see what will become of little Z&B.
In the case of my poetry collection, well, there are only so many houses that will consider a poetry collection from an unpublished author (I'm virtually certain they aren't counting my Blooming Tree credit, since it's one poem in an anthology). And many of them want exclusives. So, here's hoping that one of the sim sub folks snaps it up; otherwise, I must wait for all the little buggers to make their way back before sending the ms out again, one copy at a time, into the big, wide world.
Must get back to work on nonfiction book proposal. At least it hasn't been mailed anywhere yet.