There are many opinions out there regarding whether to self-publish. I’ll give you mine in a few moments.

Many of the opinions I express in these blogs are just that – opinions. Mine are no more valuable than anyone else’s, unless they are more useful to you than others’ opinions. I hope that’s the case because my goal in these blogs is to assist people who are trying to write and/or sell their first novel.

In this blog, I want to get into more of the nitty-gritty regarding the process of attempting to find a literary agent who is interested in your novel, and pitching him or her with your idea.

Something that never ceases to amaze me is how many times great novels by first-time authors are overlooked by literary agents or publishers.

As I was proofreading Bamboo Harvester for about the 12th time, I noticed that I used the word “Well” to start a sentence twice on the same page during a conversation between two characters. I deleted one of those usages, discovering the sentence read perfectly well (sorry about that) without it.