Nathan Bransford - The Forums

Hi there, I would be willing to help you out. That sounds like the type of thing I normally read too so I think I could help. The only thing I'd ask in return is that a few weeks from now I will have a revised version of my first novel and I'd ask you to read it to see how it holds together. Please ...

Hi there. I write and read mostly crime/mystery/suspense. I have two completed manuscripts although at this point I am only looking for someone to critique one of them. It is 132,000 words. I need someone who is willing to read the entire work because ultimately I would like to cut it significantly ...

Dear djf881:

That is horrible and so unnecessary!!!! That is ridiculous!

I have written two novels. 1st Novel, Genre: Suspense/thriller (started querying in 2006) # of agents queried: 119 # of fulls requested: 7 # of partials requested: 3 # of rejections (of my query only) where the agent said something nice about my query/proposal: 5 # of rejections where the agent refe...

Nathan, I have a kind of etiquette question. I had queried Agent A awhile back. She read my book, liked it, asked me if I had anything else. I pitched her my second book and she read that. Then she passed on both BUT she referred me to a friend of hers, Agent B. I pitched Agent B my first book and h...