Monthly Archives: February 2011

Okay, so I’ve managed to rationalize my antsy-pantsiness (I’ve now ruled that pantsiness is a word) and decided that SEVEN is a more magically rounded and appropriate number and I have sent out another query. And in case I was … Continue reading →

I currently have six queries out there in Literaryland and I ain’t heard nothin’ back from nobody in ages. I guess I really did hit the most conscientious agents first because I got used to hearing back from them within … Continue reading →

It appears I’m on the right track with my new-and-improved query letter! Less than three hours after I sent it off to Agent #16 – he’s the Los Angeles based one with Lauren Bacall as a client – he wrote … Continue reading →

Until now I have been focusing my attentions on New York agents. That’s because most of the publishing industry–namely publishers, editors, agents–are New York based so the thinking goes that if you’re not there, you probably don’t have the contacts … Continue reading →

Agent #14 won’t know it (unless she’s been following my blog which, let’s be honest, isn’t even remotely likely) but she’s the first recipient of my new-and-improved query letter. Lucky her! I hope she appreciates it (again, not even remotely … Continue reading →

I was just sitting here reviewing the agents I’ve approached but not heard back from and found a couple who have passed their Sell By date. The auto-response I got back from Agent #6 – which I blogged under “Reaching … Continue reading →

In my last post I talked about a personalized response I got from an agent who, although she said “no”, shared with me the four reasons why she was knocking me back. Her generous reply was quite illuminating. The easiest … Continue reading →

Yesterday I blogged about how agent #11 knocked me back but reminded me that she’s not the only agent at her firm. I went to their website and ended up approaching another agent there, making her agent #14 on my … Continue reading →

Before we left for Egypt (little guessing that we’d sidestep the drama there by hours…!) I sent queries to a number of agents thinking that we would be gone for two weeks so I’d probably hear back from all of … Continue reading →