Writers Guide
angle on an established topic. In fact, anything that adds to the weight of your pitch. Remember you are selling yourself, don’t fill your letter full of meaningless waffle, give them a reson to adopt you !
Lastly check and check again. If necessary, put the manuscript away for a week or so, then check it again, you won’t believe how many errors you still have – it’s called ‘writers blindness’.
Selecting an agent:
There is a very comphrensive list of UK agents on this website, please feel free to download and keep as a check list. At this stage, it’s probably worth investing in The Writers and Artists Yearbook or similar. This will detail not only the agenciy, but also the preffered classification for their authors – eg, crime, travel, biography and so forth. Once you have found a couple of matches, try a cursory phone call to find out in
