WHEN AN AGENT BUNGLES....

So... the search for representation goes on. After a couple of polite knock backs - which I took too hard - a couple of very positive reactions followed. Its a bit of a roller coaster taking these things as they come in... somehow you have to keep confident - and find the enthusiasm to move on to the next project.

But then today I found out my old agent had in fact sent out a MSS, without my knowledge, and not only that she had sent out the wrong one, an old one, that I was in the process of re-writing. They even had the new opening chapters - but still sent out the old MSS. It leaves me in a quandary - those publishers who have seen and rejected it now need to be re-approached with a new draft. New agents that I might be talking to also have to be prepared to work with this false start in the marketplace. I am furious. Two and a half years of work on this book could well have been thrown away by this stupid, incompetent and unprofessional screw-up...

I guess all I can do is e-mail the publishers it was sent to and point out the mistake - but I am also asking my old agency to e-mail the publishers too... taking bets... do you reckon they will?