"Pursue any goal, seek any job, ask anyone out...there are thousands of people to tell you you are not good enough, but do not do their work for them...if they say no, they may not be smart enough to say yes." --Keith Olbermann (One day I'll live this, instead of typing it.)
Angel: Connor, this is Spike and Illyria. Guys, this is Connor. Connor: Hi. umm...I like your outfit. Illyria: Your body warms. This one is lusting after me. Connor: Oh...no, I--I--it's just that it's the outfit. I guess I've had a thing for older women. Angel: They were supposed to fix that.
'Origin'
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.
erikaj - Feb 18, 2011 8:54:00 am PST #4078 of 6690
Always Anti-fascist!
Amy - Feb 18, 2011 8:54:51 am PST #4079 of 6690
Because books.
You've earned your first merit badge, Gud. Hold onto it. And keep sending.
Barb - Feb 18, 2011 9:34:10 am PST #4080 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”
Better a fast rejection than the policy that some agents have adopted of "no answer is the same as a rejection," especially when it comes to email queries. Unless they have an autoresponse in place that lets the sender know the query was received, then you have no way of knowing whether it's a rejection or they never got the query in the first place.
I still have some non-responses from when I was querying agents two years ago. It's bad practice, IMO.
But still.... a R sucks, but you did something most people don't have the guts to do, Gud, so keep going. Like Amy said, you've earned your first merit badge.
hippocampus - Feb 18, 2011 10:35:01 am PST #4081 of 6690
not your mom's socks.
that stinks Gud - boomerang that baby back out!
Barb - Feb 18, 2011 10:55:33 am PST #4082 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”
I'll join you on the R bench, Gud. Just heard from my editor that she's passing on my ghost YA proposal. It's too ethereal for her. I know, I know... ghost story, but she likes more grounded in reality stories and this one, while fairly straightforward as ghost stories go, is a bit much for her.
It's disappointing on the one hand, but on the other, it's kind of exciting because now it's going to go out on a wider submission and my agent knows of at least 5-6 editors who are looking for ghost YA. So... once more unto the breach, my friends.
Amy - Feb 18, 2011 11:02:03 am PST #4083 of 6690
Because books.
Aw, I'm sorry, Barb. But I'm glad it's going out to some other editors.
hippocampus - Feb 18, 2011 11:11:30 am PST #4084 of 6690
not your mom's socks.
we need to get some acceptance~ma going! Gud, for your short story submission, acceptance~ma! Barb, acceptance~ma aimed at any one of your new 5-6 editor prospects.
eta: pompoms, fizzy drinks, and a kick-line of better outcomes
Atropa - Feb 18, 2011 11:20:46 am PST #4085 of 6690
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I'm sorry to hear that, Gud and Barb.
(gives the YA proposal she's supposed to be working on the side-eye)
Gudanov - Feb 18, 2011 11:25:22 am PST #4086 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
Good Luck Barb, sorry she's passing on it though.
One nice thing about the short story submission is that it's not a query, the story gets to stand on its own merits.
Gudanov - Feb 18, 2011 12:13:50 pm PST #4087 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
Going through the process so far is making me think I should work on my pitch for the new book now at the beginning. If I can't make a good pitch with my current outline, then maybe I need a more compelling plan. It'll make the real pitch when I'm done easier to write as well I would think.