Week 3 Query Totals (Agents Only): Submitted: 30 Rejections: 4 Requests for Partial/Full: 0 I'm well on target to meet my goal of at least 40 queries by the end of this month. After that, I'll take a break from querying, in part because once August begins I need to give my full attention to... Continue Reading →
glimmers of hope
Week Two Query Totals (Agents Only, Cumulative Tally): Submitted: 22 Rejections: 3 Requests for Partial/Full: 0 I promise I won't be posting these numbers every week, in part because it's going to get depressing pretty quickly. For the moment, I'm only counting rejection letters, but many agents reject by simply not responding. As those response... Continue Reading →
the virtues of querying
Week One Cumulative Tally (agents only): 10 submissions 1 rejection 0 partial requests 0 full requests Yes, it's true: I have, once again, embarked on the ego-debilitating task of querying. There are few activities more onerous for a writer than querying. What better reward for the hard labor of finishing a novel than to spend... Continue Reading →