You got an offer to send your manuscript - Now what?
So you’ve written a novel and you’ve hit the End Button then saved your work and you can now relax. Nope not yet. You must give it a day, then go back and reread it, and correct any mistakes in spelling, grammar, and flow. Then have at least 3 people read the book and give you critical feedback. Then go in and make the corrections that they’ve found and then reread it again yourself. Now you’re done. The next step is for you to send it off to literary agents and potential publishers for consideration. You’ve sent out about 30 query letters and now you’ve gotten half of those back in rejections, but you did get one that sounds interesting. Now what do you do? Do you print off a copy rush it to the post office and wait again? No, you don’t you take a day or two to do the following. You proofread your manuscript once again. You compile what has been requested, Note, if you send anything that is not requested you can be sure to receive a rejection back quickly. Agents are sticklers...