The Daily Rejection

Miss Plum · Jun 24, 2010

Hip-Hop-a-potamus said:
I love you guys, but I'm going to try to keep mum as much as possible on the boards and unload on my poor long-suffering husband, for just such a situation. With my luck, the ones I'm interested in are psychotic googlers.

Hip-Hop, I'd suggest you simply post in the appropriate forum something like "Anyone who wants my story, please PM me." It shouldn't come to where we writers can't use our networks to warn each other about marginal agents for fear of being mistreated!

Hip-Hop-a-potamus · Jun 24, 2010

Miss Plum said:
Hip-Hop, I'd suggest you simply post in the appropriate forum something like "Anyone who wants my story, please PM me." It shouldn't come to where we writers can't use our networks to warn each other about marginal agents for fear of being mistreated!

Point taken.

rosiecotton · Jun 24, 2010

Well, it's been a week since I spoke to the agent last week. He just got back to me... I'm still in there, but no graduation to the next circle yet. His colleagues 'quite liked the book' (real confidence booster that one). They've had a revision meeting and I'm now staring, goggle-eyed, at their list.

I've been in this situation before. It's called 'THE TEST'. Can she take crit? Can she make meaningful changes based on crit? Is she a psycho nutcase who fluked a half-decent story but can't quite carry it off all the way? I hope I can pass one and two. Not sure sure about question three yet.

Pass the chocolate cake. It's revision time.

Danielle S. · Jun 24, 2010

The Daily Cake, um, danish

I got up late today, so today's danish comes with a side of coffee....

Danielle S. · Jun 24, 2010

Sorry for all the r.'s, everyone. I'm still suffering from The Big Silence over here. :Shrug:

CaroGirl · Jun 24, 2010

rosiecotton said:
Well, it's been a week since I spoke to the agent last week. He just got back to me... I'm still in there, but no graduation to the next circle yet. His colleagues 'quite liked the book' (real confidence booster that one). They've had a revision meeting and I'm now staring, goggle-eyed, at their list.

I've been in this situation before. It's called 'THE TEST'. Can she take crit? Can she make meaningful changes based on crit? Is she a psycho nutcase who fluked a half-decent story but can't quite carry it off all the way? I hope I can pass one and two. Not sure sure about question three yet.

Pass the chocolate cake. It's revision time.

Good news! Best of luck on the revisions. I have my fingers crossed for you!

EagerReader · Jun 24, 2010

rosiecotton said:
Well, it's been a week since I spoke to the agent last week. He just got back to me... I'm still in there, but no graduation to the next circle yet. His colleagues 'quite liked the book' (real confidence booster that one). They've had a revision meeting and I'm now staring, goggle-eyed, at their list.

I've been in this situation before. It's called 'THE TEST'. Can she take crit? Can she make meaningful changes based on crit? Is she a psycho nutcase who fluked a half-decent story but can't quite carry it off all the way? I hope I can pass one and two. Not sure sure about question three yet.

Pass the chocolate cake. It's revision time.

This is a good thing. If I had pom poms I'd shake them at you and say, GO! GO! GO! (not really). But I will say, if you can do one and two that takes care of three (except for the nutcase part). Will double fudge brownies do?

Erin · Jun 24, 2010

Good luck, Rosie!

I got a query R today from my latest blast of queries.

Beckstah · Jun 24, 2010

Good luck Rosie! We believe in you!

Silence so far today. Pass the danish, please?

rosiecotton · Jun 24, 2010

EagerReader said:
This is a good thing. If I had pom poms I'd shake them at you and say, GO! GO! GO! (not really). But I will say, if you can do one and two that takes care of three (except for the nutcase part). Will double fudge brownies do?

Thanks for the poms poms. I totally agree with you. I'm so lucky to have a list of (what are amazing) revisions and not a 'don't let the door hit you on the way out'. So, so lucky. And digesting the list? Every single one of the suggestions would make it a much better book. It's down to me not to blow it. Yikes.

Double fudge brownies sound awesome, thanks. I'd take them with some of Danielle's yummy coffee, but I think I'm probably plenty wired already!

mkcbunny · Jun 24, 2010

Good luck rosiecotton!

Woke up to another form R from a query sent yesterday. That's three days in a row with rapid-fire rejections. Funny thing is the last two had posted turnaround times of 4-8 weeks. I don't know what to think of that.

Danielle S. · Jun 24, 2010

mkcbunny said:
Woke up to another form R from a query sent yesterday. That's three days in a row with rapid-fire rejections. Funny thing is the last two had posted turnaround times of 4-8 weeks. I don't know what to think of that.

Good spin = the readers loved your query and sent it on to Agent who loved it too, but was just too busy w/ current clients!?!?!?

*employs fantasy to maintain sanity*

Beckstah · Jun 24, 2010

And my inbox is silent still. Apparently, when I told myself I was going to get some news today, the universe interpreted that as "no news is good news!"

MGBooks · Jun 24, 2010

Thanks for the imput Miss Plum! I am actually happy that I got a R today after a long silence. It was my first nice rejection that was actually to me and not just "no thanks" They said that they admired my writing but just didnt feel the connection. Oh well, it is actually funny how a nice rejection can give you the boost you need to continue. I have been working on my new book and kind of put the query for this one on the back burner but now I am revived and going to start to query some more!
Good luck rosiecotton, it sounds like good news!

EagerReader · Jun 24, 2010

Beckstah said:
And my inbox is silent still. Apparently, when I told myself I was going to get some news today, the universe interpreted that as "no news is good news!"

I must agree. I just received an R on my revise and resub to my dream agent. Majorly bummed. I liked hope a lot better.

Danielle S. · Jun 24, 2010

((eaglereader))

KTC · Jun 24, 2010

reject on query. bam.

sent out 6 more today. that's 16 in the last two days over all. i will not give up.

Beckstah · Jun 24, 2010

What do y'all suppose the Next Circle of Hell thread is like? Do you think they serve drinks there?

rosiecotton · Jun 24, 2010

EagerReader said:
I must agree. I just received an R on my revise and resub to my dream agent. Majorly bummed. I liked hope a lot better.

NOOOO! If it helps (which I doubt) I think they made a MAJOR mistake!

EagerReader · Jun 24, 2010

Thanks for the virtual hugs everyone, that's what I come here for, well, that and the cake!

Drachen Jager · Jun 24, 2010

"The Enrichment Center is committed to the well-being of all participants. Cake and Grief Counseling will be available at the conclusion of the test. Thank you for helping us help you help us all."

All this talk about cake makes me think of Portal.

ILSinTexas · Jun 24, 2010

Another day of total silence.

*sigh*

Erin · Jun 24, 2010

Silence was broken today...the crickets scattered. 2 query R's and a REQUEST for a partial on my YA UF!

mkcbunny · Jun 24, 2010

Danielle S. said:
Good spin = the readers loved your query and sent it on to Agent who loved it too, but was just too busy w/ current clients!?!?!?

*employs fantasy to maintain sanity*

Sadly, I cannot indulge. Here's the form reject:

"Thank you for sending me your query for review. Ultimately I did not feel as wholly enthusiastic about your project as I should when I take something on. We wish you the best of luck with your writing and your search for an agent, and hope that this email does not discourage your pursuit in any way, as it often takes several tries to find the right agent."

KTC said:
reject on query. bam.

sent out 6 more today. that's 16 in the last two days over all. i will not give up.

Boo. And yay!

Erin said:
Silence was broken today...the crickets scattered. 2 query R's and a REQUEST for a partial on my YA UF!

Yay on the partial. good luck!

I have tomorrow off, and I'm excited to get another batch of queries out.

EagerReader · Jun 24, 2010

mkcbunny said:
I'm excited to get another batch of queries out.

Spring cleaning? on the rapid turn around. Who knows? Whenever I think I've got it figured out they change all the rules.

But, yay, on the new batch of cookies, er...queries!

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