So who else is planning to submit to Angry Robot on Tuesday? They're only opening to unagented submissions for one month. They're going to get inundated.
I'm sending Bell-Men, and to prepare I'm now doing yet-another-final-edit. They only want to see the first five chapters, but I figure any excuse to trim some words off that monster is a good one. And I have indeed managed to cut about 600 words, taking me down close enough to 116,000 words that I can change my official wordcount. I'd like to get down to 115,000, but I don't think that's going to happen. Still, the first draft was about 130,000, so I figure I'm doing good.
This is a good book. I like it. It's too long and probably the pacing is off as a result, but I think it's strong and pretty well written. Maybe the slush readers at Angry Robot will think so too.
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Best of luck, KC. No submission from me, but I'll be cheering for Bell-Men!
Thanks!
Good luck : )
Good luck with Bell Men. Fingers and toes crossed :)
Natalie and Danielle--Thanks! I need to polish up the query letter before tomorrow.
Good luck, Kate. I have nothing to submit at the moment, but hopefully they'll open for unagented submissions again.
They have said they might make it a regular thing, I think. Let's hope so! I've only read one Angry Robot book, but I liked it.
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