I find that after the first lot to remove the typos and badly written sentences, etc., editing becomes a chore, but I doggedly persist in trying to create the best possible version, only to begin to lose interest and become bored with the whole thing. So much that I can hardly be bothered opening it. But knowing that you only get one shot with the same agent, or publisher who accepts unsolicited manuscripts - I have another go at editing - and lo and behold find some glaring error that I have somehow missed!
When do you let go?
Well, I have gone and done it! But only to agents/ publishers that only initially request the first three chapters and a 'full' if interested. Most agents, knowing that you make multiple submissions, ask to be notified if you get a 'full' request from somewhere else. Then they dig through the slush pile to make sure they are not missing something. So a manuscript that may not have been looked at, or hastily skimmed through by an unqualified intern, or even a student on work experience, who confidently sends you a standard rejection letter, having been told beforehand that 90% of slush is crap.
Sixteen submissions, and three rejections so far, I am hoping that - please, just one of you ask for a full!
PS You might be interested in an extract from an article from somebody in the publishing industry I have attached
When do you let go?
Well, I have gone and done it! But only to agents/ publishers that only initially request the first three chapters and a 'full' if interested. Most agents, knowing that you make multiple submissions, ask to be notified if you get a 'full' request from somewhere else. Then they dig through the slush pile to make sure they are not missing something. So a manuscript that may not have been looked at, or hastily skimmed through by an unqualified intern, or even a student on work experience, who confidently sends you a standard rejection letter, having been told beforehand that 90% of slush is crap.
Sixteen submissions, and three rejections so far, I am hoping that - please, just one of you ask for a full!
PS You might be interested in an extract from an article from somebody in the publishing industry I have attached