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Good luck Jeh and good on you mgh.
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Good luck jehannum.
Plenty of literary agents out there - they have all the contacts and will know where best to approach with your book eg which publishing house specialises in whatever subject, thriller, horror, drama etc.
One piece of advice i can give is not to be afraid to circulate your manuscript to your friends n relatives, espec those who you consider to have good judgment. Get them to proof read your story with a red pen, query anything n everything, mark superflous words, and make suggestions/deletions/additions. Does a paragraph or chapter drag? Where is it weak? Anything. Etc etc. All of this - once youve cleaned it up - better prepares it for an agent and makes it less likely to be ripped apart/criticised/sent back for rewriting.
*sorry was typing this before i saw your post about 8 agents.
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I've edited a couple of manuscripts.
I strongly advise you have an impartial person read it and make suggestions before submitting.
Good luck#
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all the best with the book.
look guys we have a man for all seasons.
if your book is as enjoyable as you quite songs or as angry has your hard rock it should be one hell of a book.(please discount my run on sentence.) you know I just might write a once sentence book.
Dog proves my point about getting a proofreader/editor!
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There are lots of agents out there but there are problems: many do not take unsolicited works, and many others simply only take certain genres or other specific submissions. And you'll no doubt have to shop around, which is costly.
Make sure you've copyrighted your work, and mailed yourself a copy of the finished script (and don't open it; keep it as evidence incase you find yourself in court due to some unscrupulous company).
Doing research online years ago, I found self publishing not only costs money, but the profit is little; people think they'll become rich or live off it, but the reality is starkly different. And there is a sea of self-published books that yours becomes lost in.
A local library here is a section display just for local authors; consider checking your libraries for something similar and have a way to for readers to purchase your work, printed in the book.
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