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Interesting thing happened while I was trying (not too successfully) to take an offline staycation last week. Got feedback from an agent who reviewed my pitch without the intro/closing paragraphs: pitch only, not the full query with genre.
Her take on the plot was spot-on, and she said it sounded like upmarket women's fiction. So I finally have an answer from the mysterious land of agentdom as to how my pitch is being perceived at the other end. And I have a less anti-commercial sounding genre that I can use. I'd been testing out a few queries with women's fiction as the genre, but honestly, I was afraid to get all cocky and call it "upmarket," LOL.
Oh, and she said (gets giddy) she had no corrections to the pitch, and she actually used the word "brilliant." Her one very helpful change was a title swap. So now I'm pondering new title ideas before I jump back on the query wagon.
Unfortunately, this agent doesn't rep work with my themes, but she was extremely helpful. The feedback was part of a Webinar I attended.
How fantastic to have this valuable insight into your work! Now you know how to position your book when you query. Yay for the webinar and good luck with the hunt.