I was doing a Google search on the contents of a "typical" submission package. It seems every agent wants a different mix of materials, especially the synopsis which ranges from one page max to as many as ten pages. I was hoping for some advice on hitting a happy medium for a short and long synopsis that I could use for everyone.
I included multiple search words trying to zero in on the answer to my synopsis question and ended up stumbling upon the mother-lode of small publishers actively seeking mysteries - no agent needed. I've looked at five screens already with many more screens to go.
After all the careful searching I've done for agents and small presses, I don't know how I missed finding these. No name was familiar - all new possibilities.
Don't give up on your search for agents, or for small presses if that route appeals to you. Apparently there are plenty of both!
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Great post! Thank you for sharing a lot of good, helpful information!
Good post, Pat.
Persistence pays off.
Thanks for your post, Richard! Are you writing fiction? Would like to hear more about what you're doing.
Glenda - Thanks for following the blog. I keep hoping that each new step forward is really going to lead someplace!!!
Pat,
I primarily am writing about my "war stories" from the courtroom, i.e. about some of the criminal cases which I have tried. I have posted a few of them on my white collar crime in GA blog. One of my dilemmas is that, before I ever try to get anything published, I need to wait until some of the crooks I write about have "met their final reward!" Thanks again for all the helpful information!
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