Alice Eames
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Ive read in a writing book that sometimes it can be good to send the first chapters of your manuscript along with a summary in to a publisher before its done. The book said that a person can do this when they are not looking to get the book published right away, but would like to see if editors and publishers think that their work is worth buying, because I didn't want to be wasting my time with something if no one thinks its worthy. Im not writing a teen book with hardly any drama in it, Im writing a fantasy with an idea that I haven't seen written anywhere else. Im sure that one day it will be published, so should I just wait until its done before I send it out, even though I want some opinions on how I could make it more sellable? If it gets optioned, what would I do, could I be like "Ah, no thanks, I was just looking to see if it's worth it". I don't want to be wasting anyone's time with reading my story if it wont be worth their time and effort to do it. And if I send it in now, when It's done would I be able to send it in again, or would my relationship with that publishing house be ruined? I don't want to risk not being published one day just to gets some opinions, and no I wont ever post my work online; its hard to believe that its possible you can find anyone that dumb to actually trust it. And I'm not that dumb.
So what do you think?
So what do you think?