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  1. Second book, Different Genre - What to do?
  2. How many agents do you query at once?
  3. My agent is leaving. Should I ask for a referral?
  4. How long before I hear back for first request?
  5. How much should I communicate with my agent?
  6. How long is too long??
  7. Questions to Ask Agent Before Signing
  8. Agent Batting Averages
  9. When to Follow Up?
  10. One agent's take on queries
  11. Central theme?
  12. Question regarding revised MS's and queries
  13. CVs and Biographies
  14. Are agents turned off by published excerpts?
  15. Question about poss. offer of rep. and a req. for a full
  16. Prologues
  17. Attach or Paste in Email?
  18. How many novels does it take to give up your day job?
  19. Requested Material?
  20. Omniscient manuscripts
  21. A question about putting a warning in query
  22. Personal info in email query?
  23. Literary Agents - Reading between the lines
  24. Question about agent sales
  25. Submitting PB MS to agents
  26. On mentioning a self-pubbed book in a query
  27. Sending out a physical sample...
  28. Agent meetings at conferences
  29. Qualifications
  30. Annoying
  31. agents & revisions
  32. Interested in becoming an agent, but...
  33. Agents specifically into High Fantasy
  34. Another silly question
  35. Feedback??
  36. Agent/author agreements for a series
  37. Possibly dumb question about queries
  38. Mentioning Submissions to Other Agents
  39. Multiple projects, what to do?
  40. proper salutation in query
  41. Which comes first, agent or publisher
  42. Alarming Trend
  43. Lackadaisical, limited offer of representation - anyone else?
  44. when to put query on hold
  45. Status Query, Take Two
  46. Just when I think I have this submitting stuff down...
  47. Poking Agents
  48. "going out with it"??
  49. A little worried
  50. Re-submitting a book already in print
  51. If you get "the call," how do you handle the other fulls you have out?
  52. International Dilemma
  53. How many queries/submissions are just abysmal?
  54. nudge now or later?
  55. What should I send with my partial?
  56. Dedication Pages and Illustrations
  57. Writing to an agent's assistant
  58. UK Agents - a breakdown
  59. Agents, Publishers and distance
  60. How possible is it to get an agent if....
  61. UK vs US agents
  62. Is Voice Important in a Query?
  63. Waiting on a Full
  64. Agency request two week exclusive etiquettes
  65. Query to Agent
  66. Agent wants exclusive while I do revisions
  67. How to tell an agent...
  68. Email Formatting Fail
  69. Is it a good idea too...
  70. When agents submit
  71. another nudging etiquette question
  72. Unspecified Submission Requirements
  73. PERSONAL EXPERIENCES with AGENTS
  74. Answer to desperadium
  75. Do Agents look for Authors?
  76. Publication/submission history?
  77. Did you send your agent a thank-you?
  78. Query now or wait til after Bologna?
  79. Queries to another in house agent
  80. Twitterstalk?
  81. First time nonfiction questions
  82. Could use a little help here...
  83. What to submit when an agent approaches YOU?
  84. New Agent Wants to Submit A Book My Old Agent Couldn't Sell...
  85. Sending Revised Partial?
  86. Can a successful self-published book be re-queried?
  87. What To Think?: Second MS Read and Request for More Info
  88. Young(ish) Protagonist in Adult Fiction
  89. How much do agents actually read?
  90. If my YA contains fantasy or sci-fi elements?
  91. Question about percentages
  92. Quirky queries?
  93. Question about submitting specific materials to agent...
  94. Oh, help!
  95. Help! How do you write an author bio?
  96. Agent's %
  97. How to address an agent
  98. Agent has asked what I do for a living
  99. Query Format question.
  100. Ask editor about agent?
  101. What does an Agent's "second read" mean, if anything?
  102. MS request, how long does it take to read?
  103. Does Not Accept Queries
  104. Resumitting a query
  105. looking for a good, honest agent.
  106. Avoiding bad agents
  107. Successful agents/publishers especially interested in women's issues.
  108. Synopsis in first person?
  109. An agent's list
  110. Contract Negotiations
  111. Question about query letters
  112. Mentioning POD, but not as pub credit
  113. A newbie needs some help....
  114. Synopsis question
  115. Will An Agent Accept A Self-Published Book?
  116. Mention Malice Domestic Contest?
  117. True Crime- before the case is closed
  118. Changes for Agents
  119. How long should I wait?
  120. Question on exclusives
  121. Keeping a MS on file.
  122. Trademark infringement?
  123. London Book Fair
  124. Some really goofy questions about interning
  125. Compare-Contrast: Publishers and Agents
  126. When is it okay to send your query?
  127. No response to e-mail query
  128. are print and epublishing on the same levels?
  129. Mentioning that you've contacted an agent before
  130. Synopsis length and questions
  131. "Full Synopsis"
  132. Is the author expected to know the market?
  133. The impact of previous publications
  134. Is my agent dumping me?
  135. Agent/author Lucienne Diver- 3 Things Every Writer Should Know
  136. Ask-the-Agent threads, past and future tenses
  137. Stealing my thunder...?
  138. What's the process in most agencies?
  139. Which one to choose??
  140. Talk about non-response...
  141. Two silly querying questions
  142. Please critique my modus operandi
  143. Here's one nobody else has asked ...
  144. From Canada to the U.S.A
  145. Is This Typical
  146. Etiquette question
  147. Sending partial?
  148. Genre before hook?
  149. Response time for requested material.
  150. Agent I met wants to see a full, BUT...
  151. Bad Timing?
  152. where does genre and word count go?
  153. Multiple submissions to editors
  154. Contract questions
  155. When to contact an agent
  156. Should I mention my blog in the query letter?
  157. So confused...
  158. personalizing a query
  159. Agent Recommended Revisions and the Querying process
  160. Simultaneous submissions after request for full
  161. I have no clue what I'm doing
  162. marketing suggestion in a query
  163. Agent Email Protocol
  164. Waiting for Notes
  165. In resubmission meltdown.
  166. Ask Kathleen Ortiz! Ask the Agent Summer Spree!
  167. Enough with the poking already?
  168. Querying with weak credentials
  169. What do I do now?
  170. Query agent - writer in disguise?
  171. Stuck on Synopsis
  172. Um... wha'd'ya mean, "synopsis"?
  173. Why not "seeking *your* representation"?
  174. After someone accepts your novel?
  175. Remind After 7 Months?
  176. RE: Inexperienced agent at established agency
  177. Changing Names
  178. Should I wait?
  179. Copyright & Competitions
  180. Book length question for too-long book
  181. "10-page sample" looks more like 15...
  182. A question about genre
  183. What are agents looking for in a historical
  184. first 50 pages
  185. Is e-publishing a dead end?
  186. Is it necessary??
  187. Query question
  188. agents that only respond to email queries if interest, but ask you to tell them if yo
  189. "Chick-Lit" -- what's it called now?
  190. Does a gender match between you and your agent matter?
  191. Is non-paid still considered Published?
  192. Web publication affects hardcopy publication?
  193. Interning and Querying
  194. I don't wanna send the partial
  195. How to bind samples?
  196. what do you do when someone offers you representation?
  197. Query Letter Discussion...
  198. Must I have copyright permission before querying?
  199. Problem with agents
  200. Querying multiple ideas?
  201. Holding out for a better offer?
  202. agent's assistant sending my book?
  203. American author/UK agent?
  204. Replying to Agents...
  205. Received the exact same response from two different agents
  206. No such thing as a stupid question?
  207. how much info to share with agent
  208. Should I include review in my query? And, if so, how?
  209. How many chapters of a memoir on sub?
  210. I was stalked have tapes to want to write
  211. Agent reply
  212. Nathan Bransford: The Rejection Letter of the Future Will Be Silence
  213. Phone calls instead of letters
  214. advice about a submission
  215. BIO on full request--first or third person?
  216. Book Sponsors
  217. Anthologies, Copyrights and Rights
  218. How to get to know your market
  219. Pakistani seeking a literary agent
  220. Why you should write a series. :)
  221. Re-Querying after rejections?
  222. query different agents from same firm
  223. Odd question concerning sending multiple queries
  224. How Strange is This?
  225. Resubmitting Question
  226. Am I Being a Jerk?
  227. Does it look bad if I query multiple agencies?
  228. Some questions regarding querying
  229. Format problems
  230. Querying Dilemna
  231. Okay to include a revised ms when nudging an agent?
  232. which email to resubmit to?
  233. is a book agent like a real estate agent or like a something else?
  234. Addressing agencies who say "will be read by all"
  235. Questions about multiple submission and etiquette
  236. Question for those of you that have been published...
  237. Encl SASE on Full Sub?
  238. Multiple agent request dilema
  239. Help! What's an appropriate response to request for more?
  240. I think it's time to nudge my agent, and I'm nervous
  241. Submitting to new agents while MS is being re-subbed.
  242. How long should I wait?
  243. Got a request! How to send it?
  244. Requery or Move On?
  245. Made a stupid mistake... will this stand against me?
  246. Help! Multiple Agent Offers
  247. Conference: To Attend or Not Attend?
  248. Movie rights
  249. Problems with my new agent...please help!
  250. Which file format do agents typically prefer?