Definitely the Doctor Who thing, had to be. My quickest stretch of hopeful misery is 7 days so far, so you win! Will You Love me Tomorrow is now available on Amazon. Click to find out more.

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Handy Tip: One way around this is to avoid sending submissions off.

In fact this approach surely means I claim the record cuz I've rejected it myself before it even gets in the envelope.

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you'll sometimes find me in the doghouse. Don't visit my blog - I deleted it - never used it much.

Not absolutely sure but Nan Bransford is one of the fastest rejecter in the industry. Not sure what else he's doing but watching his email.

Sorry. Keep writing.

You may have a point there, Mat - in the current climate all this exclusive submission stuff just isn't realistic - we'd all be on zimmer frames

For the record, the agent was Brandon Associates. The blurb on their website says:

'BRANDON & ASSOCIATES are a new firm of literary agents formed in mid 2007 to help overcome some of the genuine frustration and feeling of helplessness felt by so many writers trying to get their book published.'

Well, to be fair, I wasn't left frustrated at the time it took for a response - lol! And although curt, they weren't impolite.


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I took a look at their web-site. All reputable agents only make money from commission on sales--so this is fine.

But what struck me as strange (apart from the old-fashioned looking web-site) was that they sometimes publish books themselves.

Can't get my head round that one.

I've never heard of an agent who also publishes, but I suppose there isn't any reason why not, as long as it isn't vanity publishing. One of the problems we face is the number of sharks there are out there pretending to be agents. This one looks plausible and isn't asking for any money. That to me is the big test. Are they asking for money? The ABC Checklist for New Writers

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Yep - money is the big question. Remember the Hill and Hill scandal? I think one or two folks now on YWO got caught up in that one. I have a friend of a friend on Gozo who paid this guy, got update emails every week, and then one day was told that she was about to be offered a 3 book deal by Orion. He was so plausible. The next day the emails stopped, and a week later she learned the awful truth. There was no contract - Orion had never heard of her. Hill disappeared. To give Orion their due, I believe that when they heard of the scandal, they offered to take a look at all the works that had supposedly been sent to them and accepted. I haven't heard of anyone getting a subsequent contract though. But good for Orion!
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Stop the sketch - it's too silly