Ok...back in the game

[Careyrox]

Sent 5 new queries out...some I am really hoping to connect with. I'm armed with a query that got a partial request from last go around and a new first 10 pages that many of you enjoyed. I have sent out to 5 betas, 3 of which have come back begging for more, (2 still have it)...so let's hope this magic combination works. I will try to query 5 more tomorrow.

Am I the only one that takes hours to research the agent I'm querying? I just want to make sure that I have what they are looking for. 

[Falen]

I spent a few months researching each agent on my massive list of agents that accept YA, so now i really only have to spend 2-3 minutes on an agent when i query them, just to make sure my original info is still good (9 times out of 10, it is).
Good luck on the queries!! I haven't been hearing anything at all. Sigh. Summer query doldrums.

[Midwest]

I've heard a lot of crickets too.

I've been telling myself it's a *good* thing, as it makes it more likely I'll have my WIP finished by the time I hear back from someone. If I hear good things back, I'll have a 2d book to offer and if I hear bad things back, I'll have a 2d book to query. So, take your time, agents, while I finish this baby up.

And most of the time, I believe this story. Although it hasn't kept me from saying a little prayer each time I open my email.

[Falen]

Although it hasn't kept me from saying a little prayer each time I open my email.

Oh me too! Right before i open my email i always say "Perhaps today is the day i'll hear good news"

[Careyrox]

After reading this I checked my gmail and guess what??? Another partial request! This time with a synopsis which I need to clean up. (it's on here if any kind soul wants to help with it! ) I'm super jazzed.

[CourtneyBuc]

Yay you! 

Best of luck on this partial! As for a synopsis, I don't like my own but I know Chuck from Writer's Digest has some examples. So go there and do a search to see them. The best advice I can give for synopsis writing is to cover the top players in your book and to tell the WHY (motivation / emotions, etc.) rather than just the facts of what happens.

Let us know how it goes!

[LisaAnn]

Congrats on your partial requests, and best of luck to you as you work on your synopsis! I have NEVER written a synopsis I liked, but I feel like agents understand how much they suck, too. I think your pitch is your time to dazzle them; your synopsis is simply time to tell them what happens.

Keep us posted! 

[rnpudel]

Yes, definitely keep us posted!