Tag: Query Letters
Query Response Round-Up: Week of 8/25/23
Another week in the querying salt mines. Let’s see how I did and what kind of responses I reeled in. My overall query stats as of today. Total Queries: 30 Rejections: 9 Full Requests: 3 CNR: 1 Pending Queries: 17 Pending Requests: 3 I… Continue Reading “Query Response Round-Up: Week of 8/25/23”
Query Response Round-Up: Week of 8/18/23
I’ve been querying my novel SECOND DAWN a lot, and the responses have been trickling in. I thought I’d collect the ones I’ve received in the last week or so, share them with you here, and maybe indulge in a little bit if query… Continue Reading “Query Response Round-Up: Week of 8/18/23”
Query/Submission Statement: July 2023
Been a while since I’ve done one of these, mostly because I haven’t been submitting a lot of short stores. What I have been doing, though, is sending out agent queries for my novel SECOND DAWN. Those are submissions, too, right? 🙂 Okay, first… Continue Reading “Query/Submission Statement: July 2023”
Query Quest: Full Manuscript Request
I started querying my novel SECOND DAWN back in early June, and I expected to rack up a bunch of rejections and change my query and synopsis half a dozen times before I even sniffed a full manuscript request. Well, I’m delighted to be… Continue Reading “Query Quest: Full Manuscript Request”
Query Quest: What Are My Chances?
I’ve been using a marvelous database called QueryTracker (highly, highly recommended) to find agents and keep track of my queries. In addition to these vital services, the site provides TONS of data on each agent, and you know me, I fucking love me some… Continue Reading “Query Quest: What Are My Chances?”
Query Quest: Rejection #2
Recently, I received another rejection from an agent I’ve queried with my novel SECOND DAWN. It’s the second since I started this process earlier in the month. Now, if this was a rejection for a short story, it wouldn’t be post-worthy, but since I’m… Continue Reading “Query Quest: Rejection #2”
Query Quest: Agent Query Checklist Part 1
I recently started querying literary agents for my novel SECOND DAWN, and I’m going to start posting about that experience. Now, for those of you who have followed my blog for a while, I should make it clear that unlike submitting short stories to… Continue Reading “Query Quest: Agent Query Checklist Part 1”
Query Quest: Baby’s First Query Rejection
Recently, I started querying agents with my supernatural thriller novel SECOND DAWN. Though I’ve published novels before, as well as a ton of short stories, the querying process is completely new to me. It does, however, fit neatly under the umbrella of rejectomancy, so I’ll… Continue Reading “Query Quest: Baby’s First Query Rejection”
Submission Protocol: Don’t Fear the Query
I’ve previously covered the submission status query letter, but I thought it was worth a revisit mostly because I’ve seen writers questioning if they should send a query letter and wondering if a publisher would be offended or angry if they did. Let me… Continue Reading “Submission Protocol: Don’t Fear the Query”
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Aeryn Rudel's Rejectomancy 