tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488911705938331499.post4262610487684600450..comments2024-01-08T15:58:30.133-05:00Comments on Maria McKenzie: For You, Is it Scary To Write a Query?Maria McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15138614172014005449noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488911705938331499.post-25844430475640237822010-10-26T19:20:50.934-04:002010-10-26T19:20:50.934-04:00Hello, Tikiman! A request for a four week exclusiv...Hello, Tikiman! A request for a four week exclusive is a lot more than some of us have gotten!<br /><br />I read that article you mentioned in WD. It was very good. <br /><br />I'm with you, it can be a matter of timing, or falling onto the right desk. I heard a writer on a webinar say you should be prepared to submit at least 50 times. A friend told me she lost count, but thinks she submitted 100 times before getting an agent. So keep submitting!Maria McKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15138614172014005449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488911705938331499.post-26314309479659535972010-10-26T18:55:33.620-04:002010-10-26T18:55:33.620-04:00I got some feedback from Charles Salzberg regardin...I got some feedback from Charles Salzberg regarding a query for a transgressive novel. He was most gracious with his commentary.<br />I felt rather confident in the query letter and submitted it to 41 agents. I did get a request from Jessica Regel from Jean V. Nagger Literary Agency requesting a four week exclusive. Alas it was not to be.<br />I got many rejections and quite a few non-responses. I don't really think it was the query so much as the nature of the piece. Perhaps a little too dark or dark comedic.<br />Great article in the October issue of Writer's Digest from Ann Collette of the Helen Rees Agency and her assistant, Rachel Kincaid.<br />The advice is all well and good. I've come to believe it is all a matter of timing.<br />I hope mine gets better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488911705938331499.post-41316887296272118372010-10-26T10:58:32.626-04:002010-10-26T10:58:32.626-04:00Hi, TC! Thanks for your comments! Keep working at ...Hi, TC! Thanks for your comments! Keep working at your query and get it done! Don't let the process intimidate you. Looking at examples has really helped me. <br /><br />Elana Johnson writes YA, so be sure to check out her website if you haven't already. At the very top you'll see where to click for query letters. Good luck!Maria McKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15138614172014005449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488911705938331499.post-13686701015804680332010-10-25T22:47:24.055-04:002010-10-25T22:47:24.055-04:00Ha, only 17 tries and two weeks huh? Yeah...um me ...Ha, only 17 tries and two weeks huh? Yeah...um me too...NOT! The query is too intimidating. I've been working on mine for way to long. I'm getting better at it, I think, but it's still not perfect. The hardest part for me is to write it with the same voice as the book, after all, I'm trying to sell the book. Instead, I end up sounding different. I write YA, so sometimes it just feels so unprofessional to me, but it's really what works. I must do this! Great post BTW.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08798243128846248604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488911705938331499.post-49532309330557431482010-10-25T17:18:40.444-04:002010-10-25T17:18:40.444-04:00@:Mike: Hi, Mike! Great quotes!
@Pam: Hi, Pam! Th...@:Mike: Hi, Mike! Great quotes!<br /><br />@Pam: Hi, Pam! Thanks for your comment! I've added info on Elana Johnson and her book in the post. Thanks for that info! She does have an awesome and very helpful site for writers!Maria McKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15138614172014005449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488911705938331499.post-21261847985471849822010-10-25T17:04:29.331-04:002010-10-25T17:04:29.331-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Maria McKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15138614172014005449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488911705938331499.post-58034176606426135332010-10-25T16:13:49.152-04:002010-10-25T16:13:49.152-04:00Great Post! Here is another great suggestion for q...Great Post! Here is another great suggestion for query help. http://elanajohnson.blogspot.com Elana has great tips, links and even a book on the subject.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02953440041536434213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6488911705938331499.post-28119743213425567122010-10-25T14:19:47.023-04:002010-10-25T14:19:47.023-04:00Too often fear rules our lives. I have a couple of...Too often fear rules our lives. I have a couple of great quotes for that.<br /><br />"FEAR = False Evidence Appearing Real" - Hale Dwoskin<br /><br />"Do the thing that you fear, and the death of fear is certain." - Ralph Waldo EmersonMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07701073254382883934noreply@blogger.com