Happy Day
Good news!
At the end of march I sent out ten letters to agents. Seven of them came back with negative replies. Two I haven't heard from.
One wants to read the rest of the manuscript.
So I spent all of today doing a surface edit. Yes, as soon as I got the letter I sat down and spent my day reading the whole novel, making tiny little changes all over.
I'm excited because I have never gotten a request for a full before. It doesn't mean anything really, just that there's a little interest in the general story, but I feel it's a step in the right direction. But at the same time I'm panicking. I suddenly want to rewrite the first ten chapters. Instead I'm sending it out in the mail tomorrow. Maybe I'll rewrite the first ten chapters later, just in case this comes back in three months with another rejection.
I'm trying not to over think it. I have a third novel in the works, working title "Zix." It's very different from the other two. I was supposed to spend all of today working on that, but this letter got me sidetracked. I want to allow myself to get excited about this, but as I said before it may mean nothing.
Or it could mean I'm that much closer to getting an agent. Oh me oh my!
At the end of march I sent out ten letters to agents. Seven of them came back with negative replies. Two I haven't heard from.
One wants to read the rest of the manuscript.
So I spent all of today doing a surface edit. Yes, as soon as I got the letter I sat down and spent my day reading the whole novel, making tiny little changes all over.
I'm excited because I have never gotten a request for a full before. It doesn't mean anything really, just that there's a little interest in the general story, but I feel it's a step in the right direction. But at the same time I'm panicking. I suddenly want to rewrite the first ten chapters. Instead I'm sending it out in the mail tomorrow. Maybe I'll rewrite the first ten chapters later, just in case this comes back in three months with another rejection.
I'm trying not to over think it. I have a third novel in the works, working title "Zix." It's very different from the other two. I was supposed to spend all of today working on that, but this letter got me sidetracked. I want to allow myself to get excited about this, but as I said before it may mean nothing.
Or it could mean I'm that much closer to getting an agent. Oh me oh my!
posted by Trintara at 11:59 PM
2 Comments:
This is for Piper's Debt, right?
That's awesome!
I assume that usually the rejection letters for your excerpts don't include much constructive criticism? If someone wants to read the whole thing, then at worst you get another rejection letter with more feedback, maybe?
Keep us posted either way, and good job! *hugs*
Thats awesome congrats!!!!!
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