each agent should have their response style on their site #dvindiachat

it can be anywhere from a week to a year. Depends on the amount of current client work #DVIndiaChat

you are welcome to submit but portal fantasies are also really hard to sell right now #DVIndiaChat

your agent in India or publisher there should have the contact for a foreign rights agent #DVIndiaChat

my Indian client @Rati_Mehrotra certainly does not have this problem 🤗#DVIndiaChat 3/3

it is a common issue in general, try writing the scene in real time vs just telling us what happened #DVIndiaChat 2/3

1/2 I'm not familiar with enough Indian writers to have seen a common issue like this #DVIndiaChat 1/3

however the market is always changing so I'd be open to it in the future when it's not so saturated #DVIndiaChat

I'm not seeking Urban Fantasy because I have not been able to sell it in the current market #DVIndiaChat 1/2

being "told" a story isn't as interesting as experiencing it through the characters i.e. showing #DVIndiaChat 2/2

showing is a scene that occurs as it happens, telling is the narrator telling us what happens #DVIndiaChat 1/2

usually a foreign rights agent will shop it to other countries #DVIndiaChat

research research research. Most agents have websites there's querytracker.com, agentquery.com #DVIndiaChat

I would argue yes. Non-fiction generally easier to sell than fiction. Depends. #DVIndiaChat

Hmm, it's a problem. Look into excellent indie and small presses doing great work too. #DVIndiaChat

Research the right agent for the type of book you are writing. Personalize the query letter. Make it concise. #DVIndiaChat

Only takes one 'yes.' Having agent on your side still best way to break-out. But I'm biased. ;) #DVIndiaChat

I enjoy Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni & Jhumpa Lahiri. My taste is more literary but I like a commercial edge. #DVIndiaChat

I enjoy Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's writing, for one, among many! #DVIndiaChat

Yes, very peculiar to me too. Let's change that! #DVIndiaChat