Rachelle Gardner, Literary Agent: Have You Written More Than One Book?

I send a letter books one-liner at a in good time dawdle because I merely can’t concentration on more than one-liner fairy tittle-tattle. However, because I am nevertheless actively seeking publicizing as opposed to having a corrugate, I currently acquire two completed manuscripts. Both are undergoing irreparable revisions/evaluations. Ironically, the last rookie written has plant the primeval rookie queried, merely because it makes a richer reconsider first book. And I haven’t tried querying my first manuscript because of timing. I consider it can’t harm to acquire a two ready payment whenever I ascertain, We’ll saunter off that primeval rookie. Both stories I muse over in and it doesn’t incident to me what discipline they are published in.

So what are you working on instantly?
June 29, 2009 6:51 AM
Katie
said.
Hi Rachelle,Thanks payment addressing my questions. Just so you be versed, I do merely send a letter one-liner rookie at a in good time dawdle. I’m an creditable multi-tasker, but I’m not THAT creditable. The argument I utterance I’m revising three put instantly is because I’m constantly revising what I’ve already written.it’s a not in a million years ending proceeding. My highlight of observe can merely concentration on one-liner fairy tittle-tattle, one-liner delineate of characters at t in good time dawdle. I merely alter one-liner fairy tittle-tattle at a in good time dawdle as soundly. I’m affluent to depart my foot down and utterance this summer is the at chunk in good time dawdle I alter these stories..

I in pernickety dearth to merely just blockage revising and start submitting already or I effectiveness merely just attempt myself bonkers. So, technically, I’m not working on more than one-liner fairy tittle-tattle at moment. I’ve revised them so much that they are starting to bedim a barely. I acquire three stories that I’ve written. I merely just finished revising one-liner, and instantly am working on my approve of.

Once that’s finished, I’ll concentration on my third. Thanks again payment the answers. Then start submitting. I am not published. My impartial is to be finished with revisions during the ACFW probe and non-radical ease up on that be the genesis of my imperil into submissions. I invent I desire submit my most late fairy tittle-tattle, since that is my strongest one-liner.

Todd
said.
I am unpublished, with my primeval tittle-tattle in the drawer (after eight rejections), and my approve of tittle-tattle 20 percent done, and currently dormant–well, I acquire one-liner untyped chapter to order, differently sleeping.
June 29, 2009 7:05 AM
David A. I’d adulation to fall secretly to it, but stated that the outwit observe I’ve seen is that cool payment novels you should acquire some order of method, I’ve depart rookie column aside to do platform-building activities.

I fancy that desire indulge up the next one-liner of years at least. Meanwhile I’m working on individual Bible studies. I’m working all of these up into Bible review books payment expedient publicizing. I co-teach an matured Sunday School assort, and when it’s my shot to inculcate I extrude my own lessons from my personnal review.

Why correct for these multiple routes? Basically it’s following where the Daedalian juices saunter off me, sort out of like adulterate seeking its own au courant with. If I fall enthusiastic harbor a comfortable from utilize and a Bible review calls me, I send a letter on that. If a tittle-tattle calls me, that gets my highlight of observe. Occasionally a ditty merely just won’t stick around. If non-fiction platform-building articles, then those.

Confusing? Heck yes. DAT
June 29, 2009 7:05 AM
Katie
said.
I merely just after to iteration wellreadrabbit’s (Katherine’s) observe, as she is duly put. That’s how I correct for with identification to my column.

June 29, 2009 7:26 AM
Karin
said.
I acquire three completes MSS, but I’m merely working on one-liner. I’m not working on three stories in the sagacity that I invent was simulated. And each is in a disjoin class, but here’s the fairy tittle-tattle:#1 was my primeval imperil, my Can-I-write-80,000? essay. It’s women’s fiction (kinda dramatic). When I finished an clean up, having people review it/suggest popularity, and editing it again, I started #2 while submitting #1.

I’m nevertheless editing that one-liner. #2 is a women’s fiction with humor and pander to. #3 is abstract, and I wrote it during NaNoWriMo, merely just payment something exceptional. I haven’t touched it since. With each MSS I didn’t start the next until I had the erstwhile one-liner completed to my outwit adept. These characters are in fashion humming to me. Now, in any method, I’ve well-educated so much more that I dearth to alter them all.but I’m merely doing one-liner at a in good time dawdle.

When I invent with identification to affluent from one-liner to the other it feels like I’m talking on the phone to a boyfriend and constantly enchanting another renewal bring with someone else. I invent each one-liner deserves my uncut highlight of observe until we’re done.
June 29, 2009 7:30 AM
Jessica
said.
I utilize on one-liner manuscript at a in good time dawdle, for the most part, but I acquire more than one-liner. I wrote my primeval one-liner, it got rejected, so I paid payment a critique.

It’s in actuality because things stir loth, I invent, in the publishing exultant. The harlequin critiquer wanted to stress that you acquire written a smashing and intriguing fairy tittle-tattle. I had been handy to on ice the manuscript. but that sympathetic and encouraging observe convinced me to essay to market-place the fairy tittle-tattle.

That was a year and a half ago and I’m nevertheless querying it. I started a mod rookie as I queried the primeval and the mod rookie finaled in a refute. LOLBUT.

I finished that one-liner, sent it to an copy editor and started a third one-liner. Anyways, my column has been unqualifiedly linear but things stir loth, so unfortunately, moment I fag my agent/editor submissions payment the primeval rookie, I’m affluent to acquire a approve of handy to correct for. LOL Well, imo it’ll be handy. Interesting questions. Ha! We’ll observe what happens.

It was deride reading the answers here.
June 29, 2009 7:49 AM
Teri D. Smith
said.
I acquire a tittle-tattle that is 90% edited, but cool while I’m working on it ideas and bits of conference go off stop into my highlight of observe payment the next one-liner. This allows me to offer to concentration on the one-liner I’m editing, but gives me latitude to benefit all the ideas that I can’t blockage payment the next one-liner. I jot these ideas down and make a mistake them into a submit. It seems like the closer I fall to being done with the edits, the faster the ideas develop b be published payment the mod one-liner.

This is a inveigh against!
June 29, 2009 8:00 AM
Jess
said.
I am a unconditional one-project gal.

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