Thursday, June 30, 2005

Nice but dim

Finally! Evidence that someone actually reads slush. JK Rowling’s agency said No but they sent back comments and an individual letter. They are the first agency to do this and I am extremely grateful.
BUT
I don’t want to sound churlish or anything but in my letter I made it clear that my book was a page-turning commercial thriller. So how did they assess it? They took 3 pages at random (1, 5, 7) and them commented on the writing style. Yes, writing style is important but shouldn’t you judge a page-turning thriller by whether you want to keep turning pages?? At least read them in the right order. Grrr.

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