Thursday, February 15, 2007

advice

I need advice. Real, hard advice: a contract is coming in the mail, and I need to know if I should sign it.

I am looking out for my story, but also for my future and my family. I have been writing for over twenty-five years. I need to be true and good to that little girl who made up stories in an Indiana field. I need to be good and true to that little girl who is the heroine of my story. And I need to be good and true to that little boy to whom my story is dedicated.

So, agented novelists. Are you happy with your big-name, large literary agency, or your smaller, more personal, agency? Did your agent sell your books? How long did it take? Did your books go to auction? Were you supported? E-mail me. What did you do?