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Good News, Bad News

July 25, 2008

As some of you know, I’ve been looking for an agent to represent a little thing I wrote for my kids. It’s called “Henry and the Hungry Hamper,” and it’s about a boy who does battle with his laundry hamper at bath time. Oh, and it rhymes. It’s 600 words long. Reax so far:

Good: My guess is that you will find an agent or editor who will snap this up. Good luck!

Bad: I’m afraid I’m not looking for picture book texts right now as this segment of the market is very flat, and editors are terrible and not buying many these days, alas. Then too, rhymed texts are proving to be challenging as well.

So…onward? Upward? Sideways?

Filed Under: Publish or Perish

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  1. erika says

    July 27, 2008 at 9:56 PM

    i love the hungry hamper book!! that sounds sooo fun. and would have been fantastic for my neice months ago. great idea. and great job on bookslut this week.

  2. JHoward says

    July 28, 2008 at 10:57 AM

    Thanks, Erika! I’ll let you know when it hits bookstores. :) How old is your niece?

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