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    ASK A LITERARY CONSULTANT

    Sep 03, 2020 2 minutes

    I’m about to submit my novel to agents. I’m not sure how to categorise it, whether it’s literary or commercial or somewhere in-between. Could you tell me the difference?

    This is a time-old question, and one that invites a great deal of debate within the writing community. Character-led vs plot-led; books with merit, books without; serious vs light; unsaleable vs

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