Ann Rose

What is your communication style?

I wouldn’t do that at the query stage. I would wait until “the call”

Speculative is a broad term so yes I feel it could fall under this

There is a withdraw feature in QM, so I can confirm that.
As for why a person would use it?
Attached the wrong file
Pulling for more edits
Got an offer of rep and just want to take it without letting anyone else counter
Deciding to shelf a project before they get a response

It’s never too soon to check in and make sure you are getting things right

Performance rights come in all forms, and I have heard of books getting adapted to stage. (At least this is what I think you are asking.)

It’s difficult to know someone else’s intentions. I think perhaps they are saying they are open to stories beyond what’s in their MSWL 🤷🏼‍♀️

Since I’m not a part of that agency I couldn’t speak to what this role is.
I can ASSUME it’s a person who works in conjunction with another more senior agent so they are being mentored and possibly supervised as they start to build their list. But again this is an assumption

You can query either or both. UK agents can sell here just like US agents can sell there. So find your best champion and don’t worry about their location. ❤️ best of luck!

I think it would depend on the intended audience of the novel. YA readers and Adult readers have different expectations. So ask yourself who is the story written for? This doesn’t mean the other group couldn’t find it and enjoy it. But it does have to firmly sit on one shelf.

It takes practice for sure 🤣
As for what gets me excited (assuming we are talking about queries?) is a strong concept with stealer voice.
In general life, winning money would get me excited—like lots of money!

For me, I want them to know if I request pages I always respond even if it takes time—so please let me know if things change on your end.
A no to a query isn’t a no forever. Try again with your next project or if you’ve made substantial changes.
And lately…

It depends on the system that’s being used to send form rejections. When I use Query Manager I can make edits, but I don’t always have the bandwidth to do so.

You would have to ask them as I don’t ask this question. It doesn’t matter to me if I’m 1 or 1,000, if I love the book I’m going to offer rep.

Most agents I know work with film agents, yes.

I think agents and editors are still very committed to getting these books into the hands that need them. I can’t speak for all but it will not stop me from supporting these stories!

There is no hard answer here. I read for as long as I need to. And sometimes that leads to more reading and more until it’s the end and I need to rep it

I will ask a question back. Are you 100% sure this is the best and only opening for your book? If you can confidently say yes, take your shot. Sometimes there are exceptions. But if you think that maybe you could start it somewhere else, give it a try and see how it goes ❤️

Unless they tell me they have used one I have no way of knowing, so I don’t have any statistics on this.
I think writers need to do whatever works for them.

It’s really hard to nail down word count when it’s a book in verse. I would say you should make sure your page count doesn’t get too high.