Submission Apocalypse: Day 5

[xerinmichellex]

Quick update:

I received my R from Agent X today. It must be Send Out Query Rejections Week. Ah, well. I'm still riding the high from Agent Z's interest, so I'm not in a complete meltdown. Yes, the rejection of my full is upsetting. But, I cannot argue against someone who likes my concept, but doesn't feel like it is a good fit for their agency. (Those are Agent X's words in the rejection, not my assumptions, I swear.)

I'm also distracted by butchering up my querying manuscript. I did mention I wanted to really, really impress Agent Z. Doing so requires another look at my manuscript. So, what I am saying is the editing is helpful. Now, if Agent Z rejects the partial and I don't have any others out, I might have a problem. And yet, I'm too terrified to send out more queries, fearing that one of those would be a quick responder and I'll miss out on Agent Z. That is my conundrum. Did I mention querying is hell?

Comments

[rhoda-rants.livejournal.com]

"I'm too terrified to send out more queries, fearing that one of those would be a quick responder and I'll miss out on Agent Z."
I know EXACTLY what you mean. There lies the catch-22 of simultaneous submissions: On the one hand, the more you send out, the more likely you are to get a positive response. On the other, what if you hear back from someone who's not as high on your list?

I'm currently waiting to hear back from my writing workshop guy on my last chapter; he said he'd respond sometime this week, so I don't hear from him by Friday, I'll give a call. Then, I'm throwing the thing to wolves, response or no.

[xerinmichellex.livejournal.com]

Well...I've sent out almost 30 queries thus far; so I'm not too worried about holding back to wait for Agent Z's response. But, yeah, when you're first sending them, I would suggest sending queries out to your "favorites" so if any one of them responds it's a good thing. I suggest sending queries out 5-10 at a time, too. It makes the waiting the easier.