Stefani Milan asked Cheri Champagne:

Hi! Did you send your book out to literary agents who accepted self-published novels or did your publishing company find your book? Thanks. :)

Cheri Champagne Good afternoon, Stefani,

My sincere apologies. I did not see this question until now.

Before I self-published my first novel, I'd submitted to countless agents and publishers, but was declined. At the time, many publishers/agents weren't accepting new submissions, or had stopped accepting my genre, others wouldn't even read my manuscript. After that, I decided to self-publish, and did the same for my first four novels. Finding my publisher actually happened as a matter of coincidence. The CEO followed me on Twitter, and I looked up the company. After reading about them on their website, and liking what I saw, I sent in a query email, telling them about me and my books. The CEO expressed interest, and she said I could submit, so I did!

There are great resources on social media, now, that help a lot of authors. One great thing is the Twitter pitch events. There are events for every genre, and both agents and publishers go there to read pitches.

I hope this has helped! Again, I'm sorry for my late reply. Good luck!

Kind Regards,
Cheri

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