Dear Queried Agent,
I sent you my query letter months ago. I know you’re busy. You get hundreds, thousands of queries every
day. I get it. I knew getting any kind of response was bucking the odds. That’s
why I was grateful for the one email I did get.
In 2013, the MWC had then
agent Jen Karsbaek come to the David R. Collins Writers’ Conference. I paid $25
to have her hear my pitch. It was, like, my second pitch, so it wasn’t very
smooth. However, it was enough for her to request 40 pages of my manuscript. Nice.
She responded in a timely
fashion and offered some pertinent advice for a rewrite. Also nice.
I followed her advice—not in
timely fashion—and when it came time to resubmit the pages I discovered she was
no longer an agent.
Sad, but I followed
directions and sent my pages along with an explanation to the recommended agent
taking over her caseload.
No response.
In the meantime, I don’t have
an agent, but I have found an interested publisher.
What to do?
Be proactive.
I checked out a library copy
of How
To Be Your Own Literary Agent by Richard Curtis. The info was old by 12
years and counting, but at this point any
info was greatly appreciated. I made myself slog through to glean whatever
crumbs I could.
On a more current front, through
David Brin and Google+, I got handed a nice list of websites for authors. Many
of those appear to be business oriented.
I’m not down and out.
I’ve got even more reading to
do.
Here are 120 great websites
for authors:
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