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Keith Yatsuhashi ⛩ @KeithYatsuhashi
@LZats Question: have you gotten a query from a genre you don't rep, but the book sounded SO good. What did you do?Request! But tell them I might not be the best person to sell it necessarily! #askagent
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Od_ette_ @od_ette_
@LZats Milk or no milk? Ha. My question is: after revising a rejected MS, how long can one wait to read query an agent?NO MILK! Don't requery the same agent with the revised MS. But a few months! #askagent
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Diana Hicks Author @diana_hicks
@LZats If you offer an R&R on a full, what are you looking for in the finished MS, and what would make you pass on the project?mostly that 1—the author has done what I asked & 2—it gives me the feels I thought it would. no = 1 & 2 not fulfilled #askagent
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Jeff Hagkull @jhagkull
@LZats Classification question: realistic YA set in the 1980s --> historical fiction? Contemporary fiction? Just YA?? #askagentit's terrifying that the 80s is history. Just say YA set in the 80s. Look at Eleanor & Park and Althea & Oliver as ex #askagent
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🐉 Lee A. Everett 🖋 @LeeA_Everett
@thought_stained @LZats Follow up! If an agent passes on query, then ms is heavily heavily revised/altered, kosher to re-query 1.5 yr later?yes IF AND ONLY IF it's changed enough so that the query is very different #askagent
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Traci Spice Latte📖✏ @traciannecan
@LZats what advice would you give on crafting a query letterwrite for skimming eyes. Follow the formula (it's online) and don't deviate. Show me stakes! #askagent
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Krystle Matar @KrystleMatar
@LZats If you submit a MS and agent says "I liked but X doesn't work for me", is it safe to resubmit if you fix X or is that just pesty?not unless they specifically ask for a revise and resubmit #askagent
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Kaitlyn Johnson @kaitylynne13
@LZats synopsis question. Are you looking for main details of whole ms or more looking for character/plot arcs?remember those elementary school book reports where you basically just paraphrase everything? That, in 2 pages. #askagent
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Kim @_KimChance
@LZats if an agent has your full and you'd like to send them a revised version, does that bump you down in the reading queue? #AskagentYessss. Please don't do this unless you absolutely have to #askagent
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Morgan the Magician Rhodimer @mrhodimer
@LZats if your book is 2 genres spliced together how do you know who to query?query someone who does both! & think of what your book is MORE of. Historical romance is more romance than hist w/ rom #askagent
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Nicole Evans @thought_stained
@LZats Thank you! Is it considered a negative thing to query an agent who passed on previous work with new work? #askagentNot at all! But if you're at 3 or 4 Mss with form rejects, you're likely just not a good fit #askagent
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Anne Nerison @AnneRasset
@LZats Not sure if this is exactly what #askagent is for, but any advice for someone who might be looking to get into that side of things?read a ton. Develop your own taste and know WHY you like what you do. Pay attention to why things are successful! #askagent
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Nicole Wilson @NWilson31
If I sent out partials/fulls to agents met at a conference, but I got outside feedback that strengthened my MS, do I resend? #askfuse.@NWilson31 You can check in, but note that sending your work out before it was revised may reflect poorly on you. #AskFuse
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Steve Asbell @rainforestgardn
@FuseLiterary An #askFuse follow-up question, if it's ok: Does branching out require one to stay close to the original genre?.@rainforestgardn Ideally. Providing a logical progression makes it easiest for your audience to follow you. #AskFuse
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Misti Yang @mistiyang
If you want to write your first book when is the best time to look for a #LiteraryAgent? Idea, proposal, ms? #askfuse @FuseLiterary.@mistiyang For nonfiction, when you have a finished proposal. For fiction, when you have a finished manuscript. #AskFuse
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Steve Asbell @rainforestgardn
Do you have any advice for querying authors who write in two genres? #askFUSE.@rainforestgardn Either first establish one & then branch out, or use a pen name if you're up to establishing two separate lines. #AskFuse