Here is my first ever video blog. In it, I talk about the Discovery Day event I attended in Foyles and how the novel pitching went.
Let me know if you enjoy the video. If it is popular, I will do some more in the future.
Let me know if you enjoy the video. If it is popular, I will do some more in the future.
Thanks for sharing your experience at Discovery Day via vlog. Did you have a chance to ask other writers what kinds of questions the agents asked them? That would be unnerving! I wonder how typical your experience was on that front.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on being asked to send the mss. to another agent. As you mentioned, it's very difficult to get published and discovered these days, but you may be one of the lucky ones!
Thanks for the comments, Char. I did chat a little to a couple of other writers, but the conversations were quite general. One got some feedback on her first page, and told how to make it more directly engaging.
DeleteI would expect that with face-to-face pitching you are always going to get asked questions you cannot anticipate, so you just need to be as prepared as possible and know your book and your own motivations as well as possible.
Your video was fascinating and better than a blog. You will get there. I write in this period well 11thC , women of Hastings and published my first book last year through Accent Press. I have been there. I like your ideas and feedback. I think get as many of the typos edited as poss. Succinct synopsis. All present tense but you know this. Look at James Gill as a possible agent. He loves the period. Try David Headley too. Good luck. I shall watch out for this.
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed the video blog, Carol. And thanks for the encouraging words. I appreciate the possible agents names. James Gill was already on my list, but I've added David Headley now too. :-)
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