BookEnds Literary Agency

Sure! Plenty of agents (and BookEnds agents) are still looking for SFF YA. While you query, work on something else. #askagent

That could be a combination of any and all of these. Best way to avoid this: read widely in your genre. And critique partners can help! #askagent

One book per query! #askagent

Diversity is nearly everyone's priority right now. And something that just doesn't feel like a whole lot of the same, as you mentioned. Hard to pin down, but #TeamBookEnds is open to all sub-genres in YA so nothing *So specific,* we're game to see it all :) #askagent

Of course! #askagent

You should mention it is the first in a series always! It changes how we might envision the book. #askagent

Absolutely. Most adult novels are 80-100k, and many books can be higher than that. Google the approximate word counts per genre to get a better idea #askagent

I think it should be a healthy balance between the two. You want to show us you're the best person to tell the story, and also the best person to promote the story. #askagent

If you have information that should be cited, then yes, definitely! You can include it in back matter! #askagent

We love thank you's. #askagent

Always follow the submission guidelines. Plus it's important to remember that emails with files can often get stuck in spam. If they want all that info in the email body, go for it. #askagent

If you focus on writing the next thing, if your series doesn't take off, you have something with it's own merit to get back into the querying trenches with. #askagent

Sure! It's important to remember that, as a series, book 2 & 3 are entirely dependent on book 1. If book 1 doesn't sell, book 2 & 3 don't have a market. Blurbs & synopses help you plan out a series, without investing too much time. #askagent