Happy Holidays
December 25th 2007 00:46
Hi everybody,
I hope you all have a very happy holiday. It is after 7 p.m. and everybody is probably home and awaiting the morning. It is an exciting time to be a child (and an adult). Funny thing today, I mentioned the other day how I had decided to self-publish because of just wanting to get my book out there and the bad experience I had with an agent. An agent had agreed to represent me and even called me to discuss it. She asked me to notify any other agents I had contact and withdraw my request for representation. She said she would get a contract in the mail right away. I waited and waited and never received anything. Any time I e-mailed to find out what was going on, there was always a reason why I didn't get anything. From they were changing the template of the contract design to the head of the agency was very sick and in disarray. The old spider-sense went off and I immediately regretted contacting other agencies to pull any offer they might have made. Not that they would have, but that is not the point. I received an e-mail every now and then saying they would get back in touch with me soon. You already know what happened next. Soon enough the e-mails stopped and I heard nothing. I sent out a few other queries to agents and got rejected. I was disheartened after wasting a good 6 months with this one agent.
I know in the large scheme of things that is nothing, but I was fed up and decided to just get my manuscript out. For the next one, I will pursue all avenues until i bleed them dry, but for Billy Buttles, I kind of want it out there.
To get back to the point of this agency, I finally heard from my "assigned" agent today. I was e-mailed to notify me that she was leaving the agency and any questions I had should now be referred to the head of the agency. You have to laugh. Now, I don't know if it was the agent that was assigned to me that played all of these games or the agency itself. I don't know if I should contact the agency head again. If anybody reads this and has any suggestions, please let me know. I have heard that the publishing business is a funny one, but I really thought this was unprofessional.
As far as self-publishing, I am going ahead with it. If anything happens with any agent, it will be a pleasant surprise, but I wish to move ahead just in case. I have already hired an illustrator through Guru.com and will see how that turns out. If everything plays right, Billy Buttles and the Gravesend Witch should be available for purchase by March. The illustrator will do the cover and one picture, a splash page, per chapter. The woman I hired seems nice enough, hopefully she will do good work for me as well.
In the meantime, I have now finished my second children's manuscript and the proposals for two other non-fiction books. I also am in the middle-stages for two other Young Adult novels. I hope one of these things catches fire and can get me published. Let's all hope together, I could sure use the luck.
Happy Holidays again,
Jonathan
I hope you all have a very happy holiday. It is after 7 p.m. and everybody is probably home and awaiting the morning. It is an exciting time to be a child (and an adult). Funny thing today, I mentioned the other day how I had decided to self-publish because of just wanting to get my book out there and the bad experience I had with an agent. An agent had agreed to represent me and even called me to discuss it. She asked me to notify any other agents I had contact and withdraw my request for representation. She said she would get a contract in the mail right away. I waited and waited and never received anything. Any time I e-mailed to find out what was going on, there was always a reason why I didn't get anything. From they were changing the template of the contract design to the head of the agency was very sick and in disarray. The old spider-sense went off and I immediately regretted contacting other agencies to pull any offer they might have made. Not that they would have, but that is not the point. I received an e-mail every now and then saying they would get back in touch with me soon. You already know what happened next. Soon enough the e-mails stopped and I heard nothing. I sent out a few other queries to agents and got rejected. I was disheartened after wasting a good 6 months with this one agent.
To get back to the point of this agency, I finally heard from my "assigned" agent today. I was e-mailed to notify me that she was leaving the agency and any questions I had should now be referred to the head of the agency. You have to laugh. Now, I don't know if it was the agent that was assigned to me that played all of these games or the agency itself. I don't know if I should contact the agency head again. If anybody reads this and has any suggestions, please let me know. I have heard that the publishing business is a funny one, but I really thought this was unprofessional.
In the meantime, I have now finished my second children's manuscript and the proposals for two other non-fiction books. I also am in the middle-stages for two other Young Adult novels. I hope one of these things catches fire and can get me published. Let's all hope together, I could sure use the luck.
Happy Holidays again,
Jonathan
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