Can my manuscript be fairly considered with just a short few paragraphs of description?
Writers should realize that publishers initially sift all book proposals on a few, very few, criteria: the “category” or niche of the book, the credentials of the author, the competing titles in the marketplace, and the uniqueness and timeliness of the book. The monthly Writer’s Edge reports provide this initial information in a few hundred words. The quality of your writing will not come through; for that the publisher will have to get a copy of your manuscript. But no publisher, to our knowledge, publishes very many books simply on the basis of “quality writing.” And The Writer’s Edge has a reviewer’s comment option to permit its own reviewers to point out superior writing.
