I’m now starting to get some responses to my agents query blitzkrieg, coming in in drips and drabs. Out of the 35 letters I sent out, I got two thanks, but no thanks. I got two that said, we’re just too busy for new clients blah, blah, blah, and one agent who liked the premise of FINDERS KEEPERS and asked me to submit pages, which I did.
Still waiting to hear back on that one.
But also I got two envelopes returned because I managed to address them incorrectly. Yeah, yeah. I know, I knI’m now starting to get some responses to my agents query blitzkrieg, coming in in drips and drabs. Out of the 35 letters I sent out, I got two thanks, but no thanks. I got two that said, we’re just too busy for new clients blah, blah, blah, and one agent who liked the premise of FINDERS KEEPERS and asked me to submit pages, which I did.
Still waiting to hear back on that one.
But also I got two envelopes returned because I managed to address them incorrectly. Yeah, yeah. I know, I know. Good job.
Oh well. I’ll just send them back out with the right address. (I hope)
And my favorite letter came back today. Without naming the agency, I got a letter today that said the agency has changed direction, and that for the foreseeable future, it will consider representation only for manuscripts (non fiction and fiction) about … animals.
This includes:
companion animals/pets
feral animals
working and service animals
domestic and farm animals
laboratory animals
caged animals
wild animals
Moreover, they are looking for manuscripts that "express ideas and tell stories powerful enough to change people’s views about animals …"
Well, looks like this one’s out.
Now where’s that darn cat …
