In the Throes of Thursday-Simultaneous Submissions

This topic has been boxed around a lot. However, it's an issue that I started dealing with from the first time I sent out work. I still hear it discussed by writers, at conferences and on blog posts. There are uncertainties and pitfall, so it's best that we find out all we can about this submitting process. After all we're trying to look and behave like professional writers.



Here are two of the best sites I've found about submission. In Writer Unboxed, Chuck Sambuchino lays out a submission plan that makes so much sense. Don't query 50 and risk the chance of having all of them turn you down. Test the waters with 6-8. Find out if your query is working. If it isn't, get help, then fix it, and then send out to another selected group of agents.



For some real nitty gritty Wowpaloozie stuff on all things Submissions take a look at Author!Author::Anne Mini's Blog. There's enough information about all things submission to give you the confidence to hit the query trail just right. Here's a small sample.

EXCLUSIVES AND MULTIPLE SUBMISSION
EXCLUSIVES TO AGENTS
INDUSTRY ETIQUETTE, IS IT OKAY TO SUBMIT TO SEVERAL AGENTS AT ONCE?
WHAT IF MORE THAN ONE AGENT ASKS TO SEE MY MANUSCRIPT? AND WHAT IF THE FIRST REQUEST IS FOR AN EXCLUSIVE? (Wowzer. Dilema, yes. But you can avoid this with some homework. See how.)
 Now on to do a bit of research, write my next bang up go get 'em query, and check in with my WriteCampaign groups.Sliding on the Edge, C. Lee McKenzie, WestSide Books, Spring '09