Comments on: Ask Daphne! About my next project

By: Kathy

Kathy — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 23:39:41 +0000

I'm almost ready to begin sending out my first MG novel. I've got four more drafted using the same characters as they age over the years.
I don't hear other characters talking to me, so these are the ones I've worked with.
Is this going to be a problem with an agent or a career?

By: chocolateinspir

chocolateinspir — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:40:36 +0000

Trish, you crack me up!
And Kate, I like how you work with your clients. This is just another reason why having an agent is so needed, to steer your writers in the right direction.

By: Don Lily

Don Lily — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:44:21 +0000

Hey Daphne! Thanks for answering my question. That clears things up a lot!

By: Stina

Stina — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:57:28 +0000

I would have loved to read that vampire book as well. It sounded like such an original idea. They could have even made it into a movie ;0)

By: Trish Doller

Trish Doller — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:38:19 +0000

jeanoram, while you don't have to query every novel to your agent, you certainly want to know that she thinks you've got something worth pursuing. You should feel every bit as passionate about your NEXT book as you did about your first, but I'd hate to pour my heart into a project that isn't working.
And, Kate, I'm really bummed you nixed the project about the teenage girl who falls in love with a vampire and whose best friend is a werewolf. I was sure that idea would be a blockbuster.

By: jeanoram

jeanoram — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:08:51 +0000

Whew! I had a little moment there. For a second I thought I had to query every novel and that an author-agent agreement wasn't what I thought it was. But you explained it all which is what I had previously assumed, so basically my heart rate back to normal. Whew, though!