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By all means spend some time exploring whether your proposed book might be of interest to literary agents and thereby possibly to publishers. Buy a copy of the latest Writers’ and Artists’ Yearbook in which you’ll find contact details for literary agents, some of the writers they represent, and a large number of informative articles as well. Appendix 4 details the contents of this excellent book.

But – and it pains me to say this – unless you have an idea for a book with obvious and substantial sales potential, and you’re clearly a very gifted writer, you’re more likely to have a major win on the National Lottery than find a good agent prepared to represent your work to publishers. There are simply too many good writers seeking too few good agents, and it’s getting more difficult with each year that passes.

So self-publish and save yourself a lot of time. If you do send copies of part or all of your manuscript to literary agents, expect either rejection or to not hear back from them at all. Get on with writing.