David Weller Author Blogspot

Being represented by a literary agent is what authors, who wish to be traditionally published, aspire to. It's the only way their work will ever be seen by a major publishing house editor.  This is not always an easy thing to achieve and statistics say that the odds of receiving an offer of representation are about 6000 to 1. This is how I received my offer of representation. On the 18th of March 2021,  I sent a query letter and a 10 page writing sample to Cindy Bullard at Birch Literary. 39 days later, on the 26th of April I received a request for the full manuscript. Not wishing to blow my chances, I spent 10 days editing the manuscript and sent if off on the 6th of May. The next day I received an email saying that Cindy would be in touch within 8 weeks. On the the 1st of July I received an email saying that Cindy was behind on her reading and asking if the manuscript was still available. I said it was, and the next day Cindy emailed and thanked me for my patience as she con...

Secret of Heathcote Manor is still out on submission with several major publishers. With the Christmas and New Year festivities well and truly behind us, and spring on the horizon, we may receive some news soon. Hopefully it will be good news. Fingers crossed!

Secret of Heathcote Manor is still out on submission with several publishers. With the festive season fast approaching, my agent doesn't expect to hear anything back until after New Year. Even though this tale is out on submission, I continue to find ways in which the writing can be improved. Sometimes it seems that the editing process will never end.

Now that Secret of Heathcote Manor is out on submission with publishers I've turned my attention back to Truthseeker again.  I'm currently going through the manuscript prior to sending it to my agent for her to begin work on the line edits. Once we're both happy the tale is in the best possible shape for submission we'll send it out.

 I'm finally able to report that the manuscript for Secret of Heathcote Manor is now out on submission with several leading publishers. The opportunity to have my work read by top drawer editors is something which I didn't have prior to signing with my literary agent. As this is new territory for me, I'm unable to say how long it will take to have the work accepted for publication. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it won't be too long.

I'm currently working through line edits with my agent prior to going out on submission to publishers. So far this has been a fairly painless process and should be completed shortly. As soon as there are any further developments I shall post them.

It's been a while since my announcement that I'd accepted an offer of representation so I thought it might be time for an update. Over the coming weeks I shall be working with my agent, Cindy, on line edits in preparation for her going out on submission to publishers with Secret of Heathcote Manor. I'll share more about this process in future blog posts. An author's journey is often a solitary experience so it's nice to finally have a travelling companion to share the road ahead with.