tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727229685545611769.post1697745850407794379..comments2023-05-08T02:18:51.316-07:00Comments on my karma ran over my dogma: You’ve Got Mailmkromdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08306380421530566337noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727229685545611769.post-89819935870175493292014-01-30T20:40:58.296-08:002014-01-30T20:40:58.296-08:00Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! You always know w...Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! You always know what to say. I'm off to read your article. mkromdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08306380421530566337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727229685545611769.post-62580852065972626242014-01-29T09:28:20.179-08:002014-01-29T09:28:20.179-08:00I'm pretty sure they don't have time to di...I'm pretty sure they don't have time to discuss queries unless you do something really egregious. And then it's to laugh, rather than to blacklist. Found this article today and thought of you: http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/guide-to-literary-agents/dont-give-up-until-youve-queried-80-agents-or-moreMelissa Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13560125503655770461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727229685545611769.post-6650890769598705802014-01-26T08:37:27.211-08:002014-01-26T08:37:27.211-08:00Thanks Mel! What if they all reply at the same tim...Thanks Mel! What if they all reply at the same time to one another and black-list me like McCarthy did? It could happen. You don't know. After all, you're only paranoid if you're wrong.mkromdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08306380421530566337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727229685545611769.post-80354682853172879202014-01-26T08:35:18.865-08:002014-01-26T08:35:18.865-08:00Be patient and persistent. It can can take months ...Be patient and persistent. It can can take months and months and months to get an agent. Be sure to track the response rate to your query -- and don't blow your whole list of agents if you're not getting a decent response rate. If you're not getting requests for pages, the query needs work. If you're getting requests for partials but they don't turn into requests for fulls, then the partial (or manuscript as a whole) needs work.Melissa Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13560125503655770461noreply@blogger.com