Re: Path to a literary agent...

**"* C* <d*@sympatico.ca>**

Good morning Billy,
I did A and B as you mentioned and started the query process. I sent out a 
lot of queries. It is probable that my book was not marketable to a larger 
market. So it goes, eh. (Canadian version of Kilgore Trout's saying.)
I eventually went the self-publish route to see if I could actually make 
money. I did. Not a lot, but the time spent on the book was compensated more 
than my pay at my day job. Btw, the support I received from members on this 
list was absolutely phenomenal.

The point of me sending this e-mail (recognising that there are many 
successful authors on this list who are far more qualified than I) is that, 
since sending out those queries to "recognised publishing houses", I have 
been and continue to be deluged with offers for self-publishing from 
companies I had never heard of. At least once a day over the past year; 
several are very persistent. So, Billy, be prepared for that.

It has just occurred to me, (as a secondary point)  that those nice people 
wanting to help me self-publish might be lurkers on this list. So, from me 
to you, "Please stop, already."
Good Luck Billy
Dan

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