Can i query multiple agents

If you would like to submit to an agent in the SAME agency of one you have already submitted, you usually have to wait a year because agents do come together at meetings and look through the manuscripts. If this is the case, wait at least a year before submitting again to the same agency. Hi Cait. I would recommend you simply wait the time frame stipulated on their website or submission guidelines.

Partial requests and full requests are different story, of course. Thomas Edison failed times when he was trying to make the electric bulb. When people asked him about his failure. Every literary agent has different taste and different pet peeves. Some also may not want to encourage an author to revise based on their feedback. I always try to give authors a little feedback about their query when I can.

I also try to be clear exactly why something is not a fit for my list. Sometimes I see a sentence in a query and can tell that though an author has had critique partners or has been through workshops with their manuscript they likely have not shared their query with many for feedback.

Has your manuscript gone through more drafts than your pitch? I disagree. Seven rejections from seven agents might not mean that your query sucks. It might mean that your book sucks, your genre is overdone, or any number of things.

That was a long time ago. But four years ago I found some of those papers. I have now two complete novels and several other books in the works. I have become a member of the Southern Oregon Willamette Writers six months ago. I keep hoping for a lecturer to come in and talk about writing sysnopsis. Please help out an old man with a little sample or two — Thanks. Your email address will not be published. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam.

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Some of the most famous authors in history were rejected again and again before they found success. Even some of the most famous books were rejected in their entirety by agents multiple times before finding a home and eventual stardom.

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