Question: when querying, should a prologue be included in the first ten pages, or skipped?
My MS starts with a prologue and, while I love it dearly, it takes place fourteen years before the rest of the story. It is also about the final moments of my MC's parents' lives, not the MC herself. If it was long enough to just send the prologue by itself, I would. But the prologue it's only about three pages. Most agents request ten.
Should I skip the prologue for now and only send it if (oh-god-pretty-please) an agent requests a partial? Or will that piss agent in question off?
My MS starts with a prologue and, while I love it dearly, it takes place fourteen years before the rest of the story. It is also about the final moments of my MC's parents' lives, not the MC herself. If it was long enough to just send the prologue by itself, I would. But the prologue it's only about three pages. Most agents request ten.
Should I skip the prologue for now and only send it if (oh-god-pretty-please) an agent requests a partial? Or will that piss agent in question off?