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Old 12-22-2008, 11:47 PM   #26
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Very cool. I submitted a query to them on Oct 31 and have heard absolutely nothing back. Also...I sent a follow-up, which they encourage you to do...and still heard nothing.

Bummer is, we still might not hear from them--if they aren't interested, they won't respond. But at least they give us a date to when we can expect a reply if they are interested--Feb 1.
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Old 12-23-2008, 01:56 AM   #27
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I had planned to query my first agent on January 15, but this was too neat to pass up. I have nothing to loose and everything to gain. I submitted last night. Hope it works out!
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Old 12-23-2008, 09:37 AM   #28
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...I finally wrote a decent query letter today.

It figures--an opportunity like this opens up, and I finally get right the thing they aren't accepting in this particular opportunity.

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Old 12-24-2008, 10:28 PM   #29
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Thanks for posting this! I just sent off my first chapter to them and had a short little letter thanking them for doing this. Got a nice letter back in return.
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Old 12-29-2008, 10:58 PM   #30
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I have two versions of my first chapter. I had rewritten it recently so now I have to figure out which one is getting sent to Firebrand. damn. This is hard! I so want them to read more!
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Sent mine in- we shall see what happens!
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Old 12-30-2008, 05:58 PM   #32
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I went through mine one more time this morning and will be sending it today.
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Old 12-30-2008, 07:08 PM   #33
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Old 12-30-2008, 07:09 PM   #34
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Old 12-30-2008, 08:28 PM   #35
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Good for you, stew!
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Awesome! They have gotten 1653 samples, read 189 of them between all their agents and Nadia Cornier has made 11 requests out of the ones she's read so far. I am so excited about this, I hope they like my sample. Good luck to my fellow writers too!
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Old 12-30-2008, 09:27 PM   #37
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How in the heck did you find that out Pamster? I can't even get their blog to come up.
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Nadia is tracking on twitter. In the "we received your sub" letter she has a P.S. that says we can track her progress.
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Old 12-30-2008, 09:49 PM   #39
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Yeah, I'm not going to rehash the trauma fits I'm having over submitting.

But if anybody asks...

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Old 12-30-2008, 09:53 PM   #40
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Oh...
I don't think she's going to request mine then. I sent it the very first day. *sadness*

Oh well.
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Old 12-30-2008, 10:32 PM   #41
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I just sent them mine too!! Eeeeep!
Now we wait......
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I had a request for a full (on another piece) by an e-pub this month already, so I'm hoping for good news twice!
What are the chances???
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I assumed there wouldn't be any requests until after the deadline. I guess I should check my email one of these weeks then.
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I don't think she's going to request mine then. I sent it the very first day. *sadness*

Oh well.
Well, she did say that there were 500 entries the first day and she's only read about 200. Also, I sent mine the SECOND midnight came, so I had to be one of the first but I got a request for the full from Nadia a week later! So don't give up hope just yet guys!
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Mine was directed to a specific agent with a specific field of interest at Firebrand, so I won't give up until the bitter freaking end. So, nyeah.

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*crosses fingers* I had an email bounce-back problem so mine didn't get sent till about 2 weeks later. Thanks for the ray of hope, and congrats on the full request!
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Thanks guys! Looks like they've got an epic mound of reading to do, so I'm not holding my breath. I'm sure they'll wait till after the end to read the fulls...
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Old 12-31-2008, 12:28 AM   #47
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I'm waiting a few days to send mine. I keep worrying that i'll send it, then find a spelling mistake or something that i want to change quickly.

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Well, don't laugh too hard, I went to a Writer's Conference were they held an 'Idol' contest. Everyone gave their first chapter and it was read outloud by a 3rd party. There were 6 agents sitting in the panel veto-ing every chapter after the first 1-2 sentences, unless they loved it. 4 lucky people got agents that day. I did not.
However, someone snuck in a chapter from Margaret Atwood The Handmaid's Tale and they veto-ed it after the first paragraph! So .... we all learned from that.
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