Lily contacted me on Facebook to ask, "If one is lucky enough to snag an agent, what is the etiquette on pitching new books?"
second novels
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A whole series of shoes for Andrea, who writes in, "I've completed the first novel in what I've anticipated to be a mystery series. I have the second book in the series fully plotted and a few chapters completed. Do you think it makes sense to continue writing the second book in the series without securing representation on the first?"
Shoes that seem to say "Tell me about it, stud" for Sandy, who writes, "I have an etiquette question. A year ago, I began querying my first novel. As requests and passes were coming in and submissions were going out, I worked on my next book. It’s now complete and ready to query, but I still have two partials and a full of my first book out. I don’t really want to wait to hear back from the agents because there’s no telling how long they’ll take (two of the three are already well past their posted response times). Should I let these agents know that I’m querying another book?"
A classic lone shoe movie poster for MD, who writes, "Since I couldn't drum up agent interest with my first book, I have written a sequel (how dumb is that?). I'm testing with new critters to make sure it's standalone, but should I mention that this second book is just that: a second book in a series. I have a few more ideas to continue this series, so I'm sure it could be at least three or more. How do I pitch a second book?"
Friday hit me like a ton of bricks, and I apologize for not getting a blog post out. To make it up to you: Double the Daphne!