Lennie Literary Agency
&
Author's Attorneys

TIPS FOR GETTING YOUR MANUSCRIPT CONSIDERED IN THE BEST POSSIBLE LIGHT

1. Double space your entire submission. I understand that it may cost you a bit more in mailing, but agents are reading all day long. Our eyes become tired. If there are two manuscripts on my desk and one is double spaced and one is not, and I've been reading for the past 3 hours, I'm going to pick up the manuscript that is double spaced.

2. Edit your work for grammatical/spelling errors before submitting it. Do not rely on spell check and/or grammar check. Many a good story has been tossed into the rejection pile because it was too much work to weed through all the errors.

3. If you have received a rejection letter with comments, please understand that we must have liked your work to have taken the time to include our thoughts in a reply to you. Please do not call or e-mail us asking for further clarification. With all the manuscripts we have probably read between the time we sent yours back and the time you contact us, we probably don't recall enough to provide you with a more helpful response anyway.

4. Remember that "patience is a virtue". We try very hard to get to our authors as quickly as we can. If it has taken longer than anticipated, it doesn't mean that we think any less of your project than another. It probably means that we have just been swamped. If you have not heard from us after 8 weeks, feel free to contact our office. It may be just the kick we need.

Above all, thank you for sending your projects to us. We know how much work you have put into them and we want to give each one the attention it deserves.