Comments on: Test Submissions http://www.darcypattison.com/marketing/test-submissions/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Darcy Pattison http://www.darcypattison.com/marketing/test-submissions/comment-page-1/#comment-4596 Darcy Pattison Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:09:55 +0000 http://www.darcypattison.com/?p=1860#comment-4596 It's probably a more wide-spread practice than we know. Those without agents could use this strategy; it's just helpful to have someone else say, "Let's pause her and do so and so." Darcy It’s probably a more wide-spread practice than we know. Those without agents could use this strategy; it’s just helpful to have someone else say, “Let’s pause her and do so and so.”

Darcy

]]> By: Kristin Wolden Nitz http://www.darcypattison.com/marketing/test-submissions/comment-page-1/#comment-4593 Kristin Wolden Nitz Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:25:36 +0000 http://www.darcypattison.com/?p=1860#comment-4593 The process described by Jen Rofe is almost exactly what happened with one of my novels. My agent wound up sending it to seven editors. We evaluated the feedback and came up with a plan to address the very similar concerns of the various editors. I think it means another 20,000 words of new material, but I'm looking forward to the process. I'm able to show more of my characters interacting, and I've come up with a "darkest moment" that ups the personal stakes for my character considerably. The process described by Jen Rofe is almost exactly what happened with one of my novels. My agent wound up sending it to seven editors. We evaluated the feedback and came up with a plan to address the very similar concerns of the various editors. I think it means another 20,000 words of new material, but I’m looking forward to the process. I’m able to show more of my characters interacting, and I’ve come up with a “darkest moment” that ups the personal stakes for my character considerably.

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