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manstayshome @manstayshome
@JuliaChurchill what are your thoughts about self publishing?@manstayshome I don't have views on it perse. It's more the reasons the writer is entering it to it, & if I think they are sound. #askagent
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Janelle McCurdy @JanelleLMccurdy
@JuliaChurchill If a query letter was poorly written, but the sample chapters were brilliant would you still request a full ms? #askagent@SeekerJBeliever Yes, but that doesn't happen very often. If the writer is good, the letter will probably be OK too. #askagent
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Grinch Advocate Tinselthief @GATaylor3
@JuliaChurchill Hi,Julia. Do agents reconsider MSs if they've undergone extensive editing with help of an editor? #askagent@GATaylor3 I'd happily look again. No skin off my nose, and I don't want to miss anything. #askagent
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Sue Palmer @sueypalmer
@JuliaChurchill Hi. Do you ever take authors on who are between 'first book getting lots of good attention' and a sequel in first draft??@sueypalmer I certainly would consider it, if I thought I had a role to play in helping take their career up a gear or two. #askagent
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Ozma Bryant @ozma_bryant
How often do you find clients via social media? What do you look for? #askagent@ozma_bryant I haven't. I start with a manuscript, a book to love. #askagent
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Janelle McCurdy @JanelleLMccurdy
@JuliaChurchill And what's the funniest/strangest query letter you have received? #askagent@SeekerJBeliever One covered in bird poo was pretty out-there. #askagent
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Anna Happy New Year! @Anna_Mazz
@JuliaChurchill Which fiction would you recommend for someone (namely, er, me) wanting to write a modern Narnia story for age 9+? #askagent@Anna_Mazz Thirteen Treasures trilogy, won the Waterstones, though I must declare an interest, I represent the author! #askagent
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@iamleighbarnardII I think with most good concepts, you just know and get excited about writing them out. #askagent
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Janelle McCurdy @JanelleLMccurdy
@JuliaChurchill Do you have a #mswl at the moment? What sub-genre of children's fiction are you looking for? :) #askagent@SeekerJBeliever No, wide open to anything I love! #askagent
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@jodieworld An ms should be finished in order to be shaped & edited. If I was him, I wouldn't want to send out a 1st draft. #askagent
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@jodieworld #askagent If he hopes to make a career of if (& it's fiction) the whole book.
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Shyla Stokes @ShylaStokes
@JuliaChurchill Is now (right before Christmas) a bad time to query agents? Should we wait until January? Thanks in advance! #askagent@ShylaStokes Probably not a bad idea to wait, so everyone is reading/competing at the same time. #askagent
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Al Holloway @turtlemouth13
@JuliaChurchill #askagent if a PB MS gets a quick rejection does that mean 'quick, send me another, I might like the next one.'@turtlemouth13 It's more about the content of the communication, than the speed. #askagent
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Jennifer Austin 🇺🇸 @JLAustin13
@JuliaChurchill #askagent If an agency's policy is "no from one is a no from all" is it okay to query a new agent they've added after 8 mos?@JLAustin13 I think after 8 months it's fine, especially if you've done some work on it. #askagent
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Laurie Theurer @laurie_theurer
@JuliaChurchill How many POVs are too many in middle grade? Thanks! #askagent@laurie_theurer No rule. As many as can be made to work, but they tend to be from one POV for a reason. #askagent
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M V Melcer @MVMelcer
@JuliaChurchill - do you find any sub-genre under- or over represented at the moment? (E.g., dystopian, romance, etc.) #AskAgent@word_dust Everything is difficult really, and then easy for the right book even in a overpublished area. #askagent