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When you’re close to being done with a manuscript project, what do you do? Do you finish the manuscript, and then start submitting? If it’s an essay collection, do you submit individual essays first, wait for them to get published, and then submit the manuscript?These questions and more in today’s episode about playing small, by which I mean limiting yourself by not taking advantage of all the opportunities available to you.In this episode:- submitting on a parallel path for individual essays + an essay collection manuscript- strategy for querying when an agent has expressed interest in seeing your work when you’re ready- following up with outstanding queries if/when you get an offer- thinking about finding an agent as if you’re hiring for a job, and you want to have as many applicants as you can- why starting to query before the manuscript is done is a good strategy- playing small=internal turmoil over should I/shouldn’t I/what should I do, instead of finding a place where you can feel confident and take act