Jessica Faust

@BookEndsJessica

Literary Agent

BookEnds Literary Agency

President & founder of BookEnds Literary Agency, author advocate, optimist, & professional pain in the ass. Runs on coffee, wine, & kettlebells. She/Her

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· 17 Mar 2016

Jaclyn Reiswig @jaclynreiswig

#BookEndsChat If an agent passes on your full ms & you take their advice in rewrite, ok to re-query? Or a big no-no? Assuming no-no.

Replying to @jaclynreiswig

@jaclynreiswig I will recommend re-querying. If that agent changed your book for the better wouldn't you want to work w/ her? #BookEndsChat

· 17 Mar 2016

Tamara Girardi @TamaraGirardi

@BookEndsJessica @MeredithIreland Just saw @beth_phelan announce this. Pitch contest for diverse voices. #BookEndsChat

Replying to @TamaraGirardi

@tamaragirardi @meredithireland @beth_phelan thank you. I tend not to participate in pitch contests. #BookEndsChat

· 17 Mar 2016

Baron Barlucci @WhtchplVampire

#BookEndsChat ...do you think there would be a market for a tongue in cheek vampire story...prhaps one that crosses genres?

Replying to @WhtchplVampire

@whtchplvampire not for me and I think it would be tough. #BookEndsChat

· 17 Mar 2016

Chrissy Jameson @FloridaChrissy

I really love following your blog. Lots of insightful info for writers. Thanks. ...Polishing cozy MS #BookEndsChat

Replying to @FloridaChrissy

@floridachrissy thank you so much. That always means a lot to me. #BookEndsChat

· 17 Mar 2016

Tamara Girardi @TamaraGirardi

@BookEndsKim I will look that up. Thanks! I always find those stories fascinating. They do say persistence is key in the biz #BookEndsChat

Replying to @TamaraGirardi

@tamaragirardi @bookendskim and I agree with that 100% no one ever gets published who gives up. #BookEndsChat

· 17 Mar 2016

Kim Lionetti @BookEndsKim

@TamaraGirardi My client @Christie_Craig has a whole workshop on this. She's famous for dumping her suitcase full of rejects. #BookEndsChat

Replying to @BookEndsKim

@bookendskim @tamaragirardi @christie_craig they must be getting pretty tattered by now ;) #BookEndsChat

· 17 Mar 2016

Kelly Arnold @kklstef

What can new writers, as a community, do to improve the process and minimize the extraneous stuff in querying? (2/2) #BookEndsChat

Replying to @kklstef

@kklstef the really bad queries, angry responses, unprofessional behavior, tends to be from those not in the community #BookEndsChat

· 17 Mar 2016

Kelly Arnold @kklstef

#BookEndsChat For a query to go to request and then offer, is it a single agent's decision, or do multiple people at an agency weigh in?

Replying to @kklstef

@kklstef that being said, it's not uncommon for us to seek the advice of others. One reason why our team is so amazing #BookEndsChat

· 17 Mar 2016

Kelly Arnold @kklstef

#BookEndsChat For a query to go to request and then offer, is it a single agent's decision, or do multiple people at an agency weigh in?

Replying to @kklstef

@kklstef it differs from agency to agency. At BookEnds each agent can make her own decision #BookEndsChat

· 17 Mar 2016

AftenBrook Szymanski @aftenbrook

@BookEndsJessica @janflora is this due to oversaturation of pitch events, or many participants are repeats/inexperienced? Something else?

Replying to @aftenbrook

@aftenbrook I don't find pitch events give me the info I need. A query is better for me. They also take time I don't have. #BookEndsChat

· 17 Mar 2016

@ninjahuggie I say "why not" life is too short not to take risks. The worst that could happen is they'll reject again. #BookEndsChat

· 17 Mar 2016

Sue Ward Drake @SueWardDrake

@BookEndsJessica Hook wud be missing Jade statue & related death of playboy #BookEndsChat

Replying to @SueWardDrake

@suedunn103 not really a hook. that's a plot #BookEndsChat

· 17 Mar 2016

Sue Ward Drake @SueWardDrake

#BookEndsChat @BookEndsJessica on cozy mysteries - would u ever look @ one set in 1930s CA with prot and romantic interest? thx.

Replying to @SueWardDrake

@suedunn103 I do like hist mysteries. It would depend on the hook for me. #BookEndsChat

· 17 Mar 2016

Replying to @ps_parmita

@parmita_ we work with them in the same way we do any author. I don't care where you're from. I care about your writing #BookEndsChat

· 17 Mar 2016

I'm not a fan of pitch contests @janflora #BookEndsChat

· 17 Mar 2016

TaraThompson, Author @TaraLovesBooks

Hi! JessicaA&JessicaF- I noticed in your two recent #MSWL, neither of you asked for Contemporary Romance...?? #BookEndsChat

Replying to @TaraLovesBooks

@taralovesbooks Personally I'm not looking for much contemp romance right now unless it's dark and suspenseful #BookEndsChat

· 17 Mar 2016

Replying to @ps_parmita

@parmita_ don't force it. if there is nothing more don't worry about it. #BookEndsChat

· 17 Mar 2016

@saharishta sadly, voice isn't something that can be taught. It's something you'll have to hone. a critic group is great #BookEndsChat

· 17 Mar 2016

@saharishta genre readers esp expect a certain voice in the writing. YA has a specific voice. #BookEndsChat

· 17 Mar 2016

@saharishta I'd also recommend reading more in that genre and paying attention to the voice #BookEndsChat