| Re: Ask your publishing questions here
If (like me) you're worried about the technical standard of your writing, then there's always the possibility of joining a high-level crit-group, or else even just post something on the chronicles critique section. Even just doing the latter has helped me re-evaluate what I'm doing, to try and make the work stronger.
And once you're past that stage and you think you're ready for submission, you could always take on an editor like John Jarrold to evaulate a couple of chapters for you, and either highlight any issues of concern from a publishing point of view, or else provide guidance on how to simply polish it better.
I don't know about anyone else, but I plan to submit only after some third-party editorial guidance. I need to know I've reached the highest standard I can before submission. Otherwise I'm simply in danger of wasting everybody's time if I leave in simple mistakes, that create an excuse for an agent to reach for the standard rejection slip. |