Feo Takahari
Auror
My publisher is apparently General McClellan. He has the slows.
I submitted my query in July, along with the first four pages.
In September, he let me know he got the excerpt, but said he wouldn't be able to read it until "next week."
In November, he told me he loved the excerpt and wanted to see the whole thing. I sent it over.
On March 3rd, he told me he wanted to publish it and asked if it was still available.
On the 4th, I told him it was. On the same day, he said he'd have a contract ready in two days.
I still don't have the contract.
How bad a sign is this as to the publisher's quality and the effort he'll put in? I can understand it takes a while to read a book, but I'd think he'd at least have a prewritten contract. (There's not much about this publisher on the Internet--I just submitted because hardly anyone else takes stories 17K words long.) Also, was there a previous point when I should have given up on him?
I submitted my query in July, along with the first four pages.
In September, he let me know he got the excerpt, but said he wouldn't be able to read it until "next week."
In November, he told me he loved the excerpt and wanted to see the whole thing. I sent it over.
On March 3rd, he told me he wanted to publish it and asked if it was still available.
On the 4th, I told him it was. On the same day, he said he'd have a contract ready in two days.
I still don't have the contract.
How bad a sign is this as to the publisher's quality and the effort he'll put in? I can understand it takes a while to read a book, but I'd think he'd at least have a prewritten contract. (There's not much about this publisher on the Internet--I just submitted because hardly anyone else takes stories 17K words long.) Also, was there a previous point when I should have given up on him?