On submissions…

I thought I’d write a bit about submissions, after an interesting article in the Bookseller the other day. Starting with the basics, what IS a submission? (Most people reading this might know, but I actually don’t think everyone does – nor should they!) Submissions are what editors call unpublished manuscripts that are sent to them by literary agents. The aim of sending an editor a submission is so that they will consider it for their list; if an editor likes a submission and can persuade everyo...