Ann Rose

So you never got a response from a year ago?
My rule of thumb is that if you’ve made substantial changes you can try again, just mention it in the query. #AskAnAgent

Yes we are. Because we still need books for teens ❤️

You absolutely can query American agents if you’d like. Especially if you want to break out in the US market they will have a good handle if its pulse #AskAnAgent

If you are just getting form I would make sure you are really showing what the hook is (query) and that you are starting in the right place (pages)
How many rejections are we talking about though because if it’s not a lot it could be fine and you just have to keep going

That’s not an answer I can make for you but I can say if you are getting all form rejections based on the query something likely isn’t working there or in the opening pages. If you are getting them after requests likely the middle has an issue.

I don’t have statistics but this does happen and it’s always hard to do

Development edit is an overview edit of the strengths and weaknesses of a manuscript.
Is one needed before you submit to agents? Not necessarily, but the MS should be workshopped either with critque partners or beta readers or some other eyes besides yours or family members 😉

General formatting for manuscripts is 12 pt Times New Roman or similar font, black “ink”, double spaced, 1 inch margins, and paragraphs indented. If there is a need for sections to be center justified than do what needs to be done

Twitter followers don’t mean anything to me. Same with profile pic. The only thing I pay attention to on Twitter is how someone treats other people (meaning I don’t like trolls). But numbers aren’t as important in fiction and that’s mostly what I do

Well I think that varies on age group & genre expectations so there’s no one hard fast answer.
At its core, publishing is a business & books are a product—I know it’s hard to think about art in these terms and it’s uncomfortable but that’s the reality

I think 40k-60k is kind of the sweet spot for most MG… as for how many? That’s a personal preference. I know some writers send batches out in 10s some more some less, you have to do with what you are comfortable with.

I think it depends on a number of factors ❤️
It’s important to be kind to yourself and try not compare your journey to someone else’s — there is no one path to publishing ❤️

I think there is a lot to unpack here that I couldn’t do much justice in a single tweet. I will say for me, I look at each book sent to me as it’s own thing and if I love it all that other stuff is just details we may have to figure out

I don’t think there is any hard fast data on this and would have a number of variables.
I’ve had it work out a number of times ❤️

I think the trick with any genre is to make sure you have a solid and distinct hook

Well you would first want to figure out what the genre is (and if it is considered a romance or not) and then target agents who represent that genre.

I consider “literary” to be the tone or mood of the story and has a lot to do with the voice.
Whether it is a “harder sell” or not would be determined on a number of factors including content/concept etc

I think a number of things come into play. 1) is the author capable or even willing to make these changes—it is their story after all so they get to make the decision what changes do and don’t get made so it’s a question of aligned vision … (cont)

I think it comes down to execution no matter what the age group/genre

Are you asking about making something “commercial fiction”? A book doesn’t need to be “commercial” to be sellable.