Total Queries: 67Total Rejections: 26 I’ve been busy querying over the last two weeks. I also participated in a Twitter pitch party (#pitDark). Not sure the 8 pitches (1 per hour) actually helped. I also worry the few people who follow me thought I went crazy. Well, I am doing what I can to get […]
Total Queries: 47Total Rejections: 18 I want to write. It really can’t get more simple than that. Why am I not writing? Great question, but will my answer be sufficient? I am not writing because I believe I need to balance everything in my life. One block is assigned to being an author and currently […]
Total Queries: 38Total Rejections: 11 As you can tell from the updated numbers, I have been on-task with querying. This being said, I am getting back responses too. So far, all the responses have been form letters, mostly with a kind but firm no. Others have a less fluffy and more direct no. Either way, […]
Total Queries: 30Total Rejections: 6 After a month hiatus from querying, I am settling into a routine. Each day I work, help the kids with school, query, and a few other happy endeavors. I am a creature of habit, so organizing my days feels right. I queried six literary agents this week and found a […]
Total Queries: 18Total Rejections: 3 As I sit here querying, I hear Dory’s words “just keep swimming, just keep swimming” over and over in my head. It would be annoying if it wasn’t so cute. I am working my way through the agent list I made months ago. I have been updating as I go […]
Total Queries: 14Total Rejections: 3 On an incredibly positive note, I finished a short synopsis for my book and sent queries to three agents who requested it in their guidelines. YAY! Lets just take a moment to be happy. — So nice, isn’t it! Ok, back to reality. I have also been busy rewriting my […]
Query Count: 8 I thought I would include a query count from now on. I think it will keep me accountable and hopefully show great progress during this part of the journey. Oh boy, what a journey it is! This week I completely changed up the book explanation of my query. What took me two […]
I officially sent my first query letter to a literary agent. I chose one who was looking for young adult books and listed an interest in science fiction/fantasy. I’m still having a crisis of genre, but SF/F is under the same speculative fiction umbrella as dystopian. Either way, I have decided to go with this […]
For the last few days, I forced myself to shift focus back to query writing. I am still trying to figure out comps, and thankfully stumbled across a great article yesterday that helped. The Importance (And Subjectiveness) Of Comparative Titles In Querying delves into many aspects of comparative books for queries. The part I found […]
In so many ways, I have been out of touch for the last few weeks. The school year has finally given way to summer. While the time between last Friday and today may not feel different to most, the control of learning has shifted in my household. Don’t get me wrong, the kids did a […]