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Re: 7/29/Plagueland
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2020 7:38 pm
by DancesWithWerewolves
Melz wrote:DancesWithWerewolves wrote:Got a 5th rejection letter today, from the very first agent I sent to lol. At least it looked like he read it, and said it sounds like something he'd be interested in, but not enough for him to back it. One key thing he said though is: feel free to send to other agents at this company.
This is big to me because I felt like sending to him was a mistake (he was first on the list, randomly), because on a different site with his info, he mentions he's not interested in anything involving werewolves, vampires or demons (and I've got all three) but I didn't notice that before I sent to him. It's encouraging that in spite of that, he sounded at least interested in the book. Also, there was another agent that sounded like an excellent fit for me...but she worked at the same company. Agents don't like you sending to multiple agents in the same company, it gets you an auto-rejection. So getting his blessing to send to another is pretty cool.
Man! Sorry about the rejection, hon.
HEY! I just looked it up, and saw that J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter was rejected 12 times---Stephen King's Carrie a whopping 30!!
You got this, D...just hang in there! Good luck with the next agent!!
I expect a lot more, it's not the number of rejections, I'm just keeping track
Re: 7/29/Plagueland
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2020 8:59 pm
by Monster
DancesWithWerewolves wrote:Got a 5th rejection letter today, from the very first agent I sent to lol. At least it looked like he read it, and said it sounds like something he'd be interested in, but not enough for him to back it. One key thing he said though is: feel free to send to other agents at this company.
This is big to me because I felt like sending to him was a mistake (he was first on the list, randomly), because on a different site with his info, he mentions he's not interested in anything involving werewolves, vampires or demons (and I've got all three) but I didn't notice that before I sent to him. It's encouraging that in spite of that, he sounded at least interested in the book. Also, there was another agent that sounded like an excellent fit for me...but she worked at the same company. Agents don't like you sending to multiple agents in the same company, it gets you an auto-rejection. So getting his blessing to send to another is pretty cool.
I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.