Bella

Well, looking at my last post, the Cloud seems to have only lasted a few days. I have a full list of all the members who joined the group, and a record of all the choices made before the Cloud fell over. What I didn’t have time to do was to collect contact addresses so that the competition could be resurrected at another venue. Time for a think.

That’s really helpful and interesting. Thanks, Gipps.

Congratulations Pinkbelt, on submitting! I am keeping everything crossed for you xx

Yep, I agree about the fine line. Especially if you’ve never met the agent and don’t know how they might take it!

If you want more examples of the efficiency and expediency with which agents deal with submissions, the #TenQueries podcasts from the Manuscript Academy show this. It’s with American agents, but much still applies, I’d imagine.

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HUG. HUG HUG HUG.

Wow. I really enjoyed this Elle. And the second person worked very well for me. It didn’t feel at all self-conscious which I think it often does. It also reads as though it was written by an English native.

A couple of very minor points:

Sam throws up his arms a couple of times in swift succession which jarred for me.

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Fingers crossed for you PB.

Kaz, I agree it is a very fine line. I think business like and to the point is good. They want to read fast and to be able to extract the important information from your letter asap and then get to the book. I am sure many people here have watched Piers Blofield (spelling?) on you tube showing how he deals with his…[Read more]

Good luck, PB! 😀

Moral quandries the best. Will procure with my next paycheck 😊🙌

It’s gone 😕

Hugging the group in a very manly, yet tender, way.

I was on quite late on Tuesday evening, checking my spreadsheets of who had joined “A Room with a View” and what the choices were (Bugger!). Been down since early morning (07:00) today (yesterday since I didn’t click the submit button in time)