We accept queries for self-published works! We do prefer non-self-published works

Depending on what their protocol is on the website (response guidelines/no answer means no query). You can continue to wait and nudge them periodically if you really want them to consider, or you can withdraw your query.

If it's significant and addresses the agents reasons for rejecting, once you have it ready, it's worth a try!

Not as Often as we'd like. Once our wishlists go out there, they tend to go to a bunch of places, and it can be hard to keep track. Twitter, and our website is best for up-to-date information. (though QT updates with our preferences on QM so that should be up to date)

I think this is entirely up to how many agents you think would be a good fit for your manuscript. Once you have no other agents you'd like to work with, I'd say it's time to move on.

Aha, we do! (Link attached).
And to your second question, I would at the very least personalize with the agent's name.
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Interesting question. Everyone tends to do this a bit differently. You can certainly work it as each line being a new scene, or as each line break being a new spread w/ page numbers included. I would bracket the art notes for ease of reading.

We always say focus on a strong following, not a large following. But I'm not sure that would help in attracting agents (unless you're working on an NF project, and selling platform)

There's not a ton of a different. But it comes down to the voice and tone, whether it's more commercial or literary.

That's a conversation to have with your agent. It's not uncommon to seek another agent in that genre, but it is usually a mutual decision.

helpful, as you see what publishers are using to sell books, and how hundreds of pages of plot are boiled down into a few paragraphs. Same as reading widely in the genre you write. (2/2)

There is a happy medium. I think your opening chapters and actual *letter* part of the query are strictly professional, but whether you like it or not, your voice is going to come through a bit in your blurb. I also think reading blurbs from other authors/published books are 1/2

They shouldn't be. I think if they posted guidelines on dates, it's appropriate to nudge once you cross that.

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Just the query is fine at first, but then I’d probably ask to see the full manuscript, a full synopsis for that first book, and then a brief overview of series potential.

I’m indifferent when it comes to comp titles. If you have them, great! If not, oh well. The pitch should stand out on its own either way.

This is true! The question then becomes, what can this publisher do for me that I can’t? (And the answer will vary drastically by publisher.)

Yes, 100%.

A little of both. I obviously need to love the current project that I’ll be pitching first, but I also want to connect with the writer and be sure I can advocate for their work long-term.