Tracy Marchini
Literary Agent
BookEnds Literary Agency
Senior Literary Agent at @BookEndsLit Jr. | Author CHICKEN WANTS A NAP & PRINCESSES CAN FIX IT! | she/her 🖤🤍💜 demi | Join the Quacktory! bit.ly/1DfU0Wk
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Eddy Boudel Tan @eddyautomatic
Question for agents: After the salutation in a query, do you prefer diving right into the action (plot description) followed by the essentials (title, word count, genre, reason for choosing specific agent), or vice versa? Thanks in advance! #askagentThis is what I recommend as a template/like to see in my submissions box: tracymarchini.com/2018/02/06/wor… #askagent
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Meliha Sheikh @meliha_sheikh
When considering a writer, does the fact that the author doesn't reside in America or isn't American (PoC included) effects your decision? #askagentI have clients that don't live in America and/or aren't American citizens. Location doesn't really affect my decision, as long as the author or illustrator is interested in hitting the American markets (and their work is something I think I can sell here.) #askagent
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Amalena Caldwell @AmalenaCaldwell
#askanagent #askAgentI've been told it's best to use a pseudonym to avoid identification when #amquerying if you're openly neurodivergent online. I'm sure those answering this would say it doesn't matter but regarding all other agents, do you believe it's detrimental?
#amwriting
I've never heard this and think that a number of us (myself included!) ARE looking for more diverse voices in our inbox - including neurodivergent voices. I would not recommend a pseudonym for querying. #askagent
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Rimma Ojougboh @RimmaOjougboh
@TracyMarchini @ailadoyle2 Wow! What percentage of fulls turn into an offer of rep?I talk a bit more about the breakdown here: tracymarchini.com/2018/01/02/my-… #askagent
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A.M. Hall @AuthorAMHall
@TracyMarchini @ailadoyle2 Out of curiosity, are your total queries so much higher in the early months of every year? Are there certain times of the year that are high volume?So far that pattern is consistent, with the exceptions being months I do more interviews or conferences leading to a higher volume as well. New Year's resolutions = high volume, summer (July/August) and the last few weeks of the year (holiday crunch!) = lower volume #askagent
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Sandra Cormier @Chumplet
@TracyMarchini @colin_d_smith @BookEndsJessica I should probably stop labeling it YA, even if a teen is the main protagonist? #AskAgentYA always has a teen protagonist, but that's not the only marker of what YA is. YA stories are usually those where the teen shifts from childhood into the beginnings of adulthood, they find their place in the larger world outside of their family, etc. #askagent
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AJ is probably trapped in a delayed train @Ajay_H_Kumar
@TracyMarchini @BookEndsJessica Thanks! As a follow up can I ask what is currently hot and/or what you think will be hot? I've seen a lot of requests for MG, while Adult F seems to be plodding along.I can't speak to adult because I only rep books for children and teens - but the reason middle grade is an evergreen request is that it's just so hard to get the voice right. #askagent
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Jessica Faust @BookEndsJessica
@Ajay_H_Kumar I'm going to defer #YA questions to our other agents. I think @TracyMarchini is floating around and might be able to better answer. #askagentI think YA fantasy is a hard sell at the moment, but like some of my colleagues said, there's always room for something fresh. (It's just really hard to find that unique twist when there's so much out there!) #AskAgent
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Whitney @EarlyOwl08
#BookEndsChat #askagent do you recommend having a website/author page even before querying an agent for your first book? Is that presumptuousness, confidence, a bad/good plan? Thanks!I don't think it's necessary - I think the more important thing is to make sure whatever profile you do have (be it website, twitter, etc.) is geared towards being a professional writer. I do google before I offer. #askagent
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Serena Louise @Serena_L_Thomas
Query question, if you request "the first 3 chapters" would you expect the writer to include the prologue if they have one along with the three consecutive chapters, or would you class the prologue as a chapter and want chapter 1 + 2 only? #askagent #BookEndsChatI don't think anybody would mind if it was prologue and first three chapters - BUT - 9 out of 10 times it seems that the prologue is unnecessary... #AskAgent
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Melody Haaf @MelodyHaaf
#askagent if I previously queried months ago, and basically rewrote my query, is it okay to requery someone, saying oops I queried too soon last time.Since I look at the first five pages with a query, I would say that a revamped query wouldn't make as much of a difference to me and it'd be better to query someone else. Another agent might feel differently though. #AskAgent
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Aila Doyle @ailadoyle2
You guys get a lot of queries. What percentage do you feel are excellent? Of those, what percentage get a request for more pages? #askagent#AskAgent Here are my query stats for 2017, where you can see how many I requested (green) and passed (red).
