Just ship it.
I shipped my latest book to the River Teeth Nonfiction Book Contest today. $27 for a chance at $1,000 and publication.
I also have a list of six agents that may be a good fit for it. [In a spreadsheet with name/email/books repped/date queried/date of reply]
I also sent it to a small publisher.
It’s not perfect. It never will be.
But it’s pretty damn good. The title rules: The Tools of Ignorance: A Memoir of My Father and Baseball
And shipping it feels REAL good.
Trust me. Nothing is better than the time between you ship and you hear that reply. Accept when they choose to publish.
But that’s another post.
