Watching a book come together and finding it’s publishing home is the best
Rejections are of course the worst

We would like to know who you envision your reader to be

I think it’s an offer to query them again in the future — this book might not have been a fit but the next one might be

That could be a chapter book yes

This one is tough. I’d love to see some more joyful stories (but this doesn’t mean I don’t love a good revenge plot) I’d love some more f/f romances in both YA and adult.
I’d like to see less misogynistic stories 😬

Imposter syndrome is part of the territory unfortunately — but know you aren’t alone in this feeling
Query letters/pitches are hard so it’s not an immediate red flag if you find them difficult but the basic questions should come easily - what are the goals/obstacles/stakes

It’s just how it’s set up on our side. Don’t worry if you are copy and pasting the same information in multiple places.
You also might be surprised by how many people don’t include those things in query letters 😉

I think you hear that because a lot of times at query stage 9x out of 10 a prologue isn’t needed. But when they do work they work, so if your book needs one and it makes sense than keep it

It doesn’t really matter at all IMO

Yes, I think it can ❤️

I’d say it’s a good sign. There are a lot of variables so as long as there is still communication I think it’s good ❤️

Nope

It’s IMO that every book has “series potential” in some form/way, so I don’t think it needs to be specified ❤️

I think it could be brought into the equations but the first thought will always be on publishing viability first

Yes I think you can still query and no I don’t think it would look weird

These days 3 months feels like a finger snap when considering queries (which I know it doesn’t on the author side) so I would amp that up to at least 6 months and even then it might not be dead to an agent so following up if you get an offer isn’t a bad idea

It can work yes especially if it’s something that can really set the tone. But also yes, have at least one if not two recent comps to offset

That’s tricky. I think it’s as long as it needs to be but not too long that the agent forgets completely about the project. If I were to put a number on it 3-6 months I think is the sweet spot

So w/ NA it comes down to the publishers’ customer—the bookstore—so when the bookstore creates a space for NA I think that’s when it’ll become a thing, but until then it’s difficult to sell them a book they don’t have a space carved out for. This is like a chicken/egg scenario

The answer to this will vary. Is it possible for a story with technical issues to get picked up? Yes. But it depends on the agent and how much bandwidth they have to work on the MS and how strongly they feel about the concept of the story