Originally I was going to send out 10 queries and keep that amount out there, but I just sent one. I think I need to test the waters before I go diving in. Last thing I want to do is hit up my ten dream agents with a crappy query and burn them off my list. Actually, I hope I don't do that at all, but losing one opportunity is way better than losing ten. Though I will be really disappointed if that happens, since this one is right at the top of my list.
I should probably leave it alone at this point, but I'm going to continue polishing my manuscript.
Between working on the next book, of course.
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Good luck.
Yeah, best of luck! Your writing comes off as smart, so I bet you make an agent in no time.
BTW, it was so hard for me when I started that process that I stopped and decided to write a number of query letters and also work on variations (long and short) of my synopsis for a couple of weeks.
The more I explored this, the more I decided I didn't know enough or have enough confidence in this process to continue until I've explored it a whole lot more!
So, please, share your successes and hints, if you care to, for the rest of us.
Thanks.
I saw you left a comment on my blog, so of course I had to check out what you are up to.
If you got a 15% response on Nathan's query crazy experiment, I'm sure you'll get a few hits from real agents.
I think you are smart by taking the querying slow. I started out light a bolt of lightening, shooting mine to everyone right from the beginning. I've learned soooo much about what agents are looking for now, and wish I would have been more cautious.
I would say that your idea sounds intriguing, but you are going to get that word used a lot from agents. "Sounds intriguing..."
So I'll say...thrillarific! You won't hear that one:)
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