Congratulations!" That night, I combed through the final, copy-edited version of my manuscript, and cut out every detail about Jacob that didn't absolutely need to be there.
Once when we were sitting around the long table in his living room which doubled as a desk, with one end covered in books, manuscripts, and pens eating cut radishes and carrot sticks, Billy opened a bottle of rosé, and Oliver responded, "Well, at least it will be pretty to look at".
The manuscript was cut, and cut again.
Now Mr. Racine is negotiating with Mr. Perrone and the heirs of Mr. Nordmann to buy the Sade manuscript and give each party a cut.
If anything, a credible critic, Gary Brenner carefully reviewed Mary's edits to the manuscript and pointed out that Mary apparently had cut out a lot of Hemingway's lengthy apology to Hadley that had appeared in every edition of the manuscript until the one that was published.
Once when we were sitting around the long table in his living room — which doubled as a desk, with one end covered in books, manuscripts, and pens — eating cut radishes and carrot sticks, Billy opened a bottle of rosé, and Oliver responded, "Well, at least it will be pretty to look at".
Someone found right manuscript and situation saved.
Send him your manuscript and a cover letter.
So I dug out the manuscript, and brought it in.
On a related note: manuscript and query format.
