Yay Gud!! acceptance~ma!
I see your uhhhhhhhhhhh and raise you a gnyeh.
Buffy ,'Potential'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
hippocampus - Feb 16, 2011 5:48:04 pm PST #4057 of 6690
not your mom's socks.
Gudanov - Feb 16, 2011 5:53:03 pm PST #4058 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
Thanks! Now to send off the query letter for the novel. I think I'm going to change to a different editor at the agency though, I think it'll be a better fit. It means I'll need to adjust by letter a bit.
Amy - Feb 16, 2011 5:58:30 pm PST #4059 of 6690
Because books.
Editor? Do you mean another agent? (Meaning, get the title right! It does make a difference.)
Also, I'd like to apologize in advance for the wait. I know I used to stare at my submission pile, some of which had been there for almost nine months, and cringe with guilt. In my defense, though, I had no assistant!
Gudanov - Feb 16, 2011 6:19:25 pm PST #4060 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
Agent, yes, different agent at the same agency. The short story people I submitted to were editors. The novel query is going to an agent. The word editor never appears in the query letter :).
Typo Boy - Feb 16, 2011 6:40:33 pm PST #4061 of 6690
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Bibliography Alphabetizing question
Hill, Joe and Mary Sue. 2002.
Hill, Joe and Andy Aardvark. 2003.
Which comes first? Does date trump second author or second author trump date?
Barb - Feb 16, 2011 9:28:46 pm PST #4062 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”
Go, Gud! May the responses be (relatively) speedy and positive!
Gudanov - Feb 17, 2011 9:22:45 am PST #4063 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
One of the things this agent has said is that number one thing that makes her reject a fantasy manuscript is a big datadump in the first 30 pages.
Would be too cutesy to tack on something like, 'with no big datadumps' onto my first sentence about my manuscript?
Amy - Feb 17, 2011 9:23:24 am PST #4064 of 6690
Because books.
Yes.
Gudanov - Feb 17, 2011 9:33:51 am PST #4065 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
Nice definitive answer, Thanks!
Amy - Feb 17, 2011 9:35:12 am PST #4066 of 6690
Because books.
When you're reading lots of submissions, you want a concise, businesslike cover letter. Especially with fiction, what matters most is the actual manuscript.