I've finished writing a picture book, which relies heavily on the interaction of illustration and text. I've fully illustrated 5 spreads, sketched out the illustrations for the rest of the book and laid out the pages as I believe they should work.
Is now a good time to start submitting to agents/publishers? Or should I fully illustrate the book before submitting?
Thanks in advance!
Thanks for getting back to me, Lorraine. I appreciate the help!
Hi Jason, the usual rule of thumb is that if you haven't finished the book and a publisher asks for it, you'll miss your slot. They won't wait for you. Far better to have the whole thing finished and polished and as good as you can possibly make it before sending it off to anyone for their consideration. Your book, as you say, needs illustration and text together to work, so you must have the finished product available. Publishers won't take it on trust that you can come up with the goods.