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Samantha 🖤🧛🏻♀️🎸Curreli @ThatWriterGirl3
@AnneTibbets What do you think about requeries? If a manuscript has gone through major edits since the first query, would you consider the revised project?I have the policy that unless I invite you to requery, don't.
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Mike Demilio @mikedemilio
@AnneTibbets I wrote my first book 13 yrs ago, self-pubbed and did little marketing, so sales were modest. Would mentioning this be a liability or a plus when querying my new MS?I'm always one for full disclosure.
I've self pubbed books which flopped.
I'm not going to hold it against you unless you pitch me that same book from 13 yrs ago. :)
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N.C. Kay @NC_Kay_author
@AnneTibbets Is it ok for a comp to be something like [classic author/novel] x [my twist]?Yes, as long as you also have a recent one in there too. ala: [classic author/novel] x [my manuscript] + [setting/plot device/atmosphere/voice of recent release]
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Debbie Hofstetter @DebsHof
@AnneTibbets Do you require/expect something big to occur in the first couple of pages or is it okay to gradually tell the story?Depends on the type of manuscript. A slow plot build works if the voice is compelling.
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Suzanne Kuziak @Snoozekuz
@Heather_Glomb @AnneTibbets Yes, good question. Would an agent like to know how the author plans to market their novel?Not during the querying process. We can go over that after I sign and sell it.
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What Happens When Agents Close to Queries -- Does that mean your query was rejected? #askagent bookendsliterary.com/2020/03/05/wha…
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Stephanie Theban @StephanieTheban
@42amer @JenSneedWrites @litbeing I can understand it must take a lot of time to do the polishing that a writer should do. #okscbwichat#okscbwichat I can't tell them how to write, just to explain to them that this is what sell and this is what doesn't. That is the difficult part, 99% of any rejection in this industry isn't personal and has nothing to do with the writer's skills or abilities.
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Stephanie Theban @StephanieTheban
@42amer @JenSneedWrites @litbeing I can understand it must take a lot of time to do the polishing that a writer should do. #okscbwichat#okscbwichat Sorry, I didn't get to this during the chat. I think it boils down to a misunderstanding of what an agent does. I'm here to sell writers' work and intempret the fluctuation and chaos in the publishing market.
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K. Hawthorne @kihawthorne
@UweStenderPhD I understand as a mechanism for promotion it could be useful.I'm referring more to having a website just for the sake of having a website.
I don't know. Your call. I would have one if I were a writer. But again, your call.
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🐩Patti🐩 @PattiDwrites
@UweStenderPhD @CorkumLauri What does one put on a website if you have no credits??Your hobbies, your interests. Just look at websites of other yet unpublished authors. There are many.
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YATL @YATLlive
@UweStenderPhD What do you look for in graphic novel queries?The quality of the story AND the illustrations if you are also the illustrator.
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Beck Erixson @BErixson
@UweStenderPhD @jenichappelle As an academic, do you see an importance in variation of an author's name between academic and non-academic publications?I don't know. I trend toward saying that it does not matter.
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Samantha is feeling grateful @SamanthaGassman
#okscbwichat @42amerHi Amy, great to meet you and to see an agent in the Texoma area! (I'm in Wichita Falls). How do you feel about the PB biography space? Is it inundated or is there room to grow still? Thanks!
#okscbwichat Hmm, that's a tough one. It 100% depends on who the biography is about. I think there are loads of untold stories of unknown heroes and they need to be told. But if it is a PB of George Washington chopping down a cheery tree, that has been done to death.
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McLeod Loves March! 🙏🦄😎 @MostlyMcLeod
@UweStenderPhD If R&R, when is too long? Is it rude to nudge at 3 months? 4?I would always check after 10-12 weeks.
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Ashley LeTourneau @letourash
@UweStenderPhD What do you or other agents look for when reading through a requested MS? What makes you want to say YES to representing that writer?For ME, as I can't speak for others, if I keep putting the book aside even though I like it, that is not a good sign as I have to LOVE it. If I want to cancel dinner plans so I can stay home and read, then I found a WINNER.
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Valerie Lawson @litbeing
@42amer What's coming up next for you? What projects are you really excited about that you'd like to share with us? #okscbwichat#okscbwichat I am also very excited for @swift_dana Swift's debut Cast in Firelight that releases this fall @DelacortePress.
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Nancy Parish @nancyparish
@UweStenderPhD #askagent How do you know when a manuscript has been revised enough. Both beta readers and critique group have read.When you can't think of anything else to really make it better.