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Two up and I don’t remember if I’ve gotten any rejections since the last posting. I trust my document to be accurate, even if my memory isn’t. I currently have six active queries. I might have a lot more, but I marked all those over a year old as nos. I’ve continued editing the shortContinue reading “The Quest #38”

Two up and one down. I’ve had to remake my query etter to fix the troll/ogre issue. We will see if that makes a difference. In conducting my search this week, I search for associate agents as well as agents proper. I don’t know if it is a good idea as associates are younger agentsContinue reading “The Quest #37”

One up and two down. One of those was from a query I made over a year ago. It was a very nice form letter, but it is crazy to see how long it takes for an agent to get through their inbox. I wonder how many more of those I will get. I’ve alreadyContinue reading “The Quest #36”

No blog this week because I finished up a road trip today with a solo eleven and a half hour drive. My mind is mush. Still have to write a thousand words tonight so that promises to be interesting. Back at it next week. Thank you for reading, Michael

Only one up this time around. None down. My research for agents kept turning up closed submission boxes. I made of list of these and will be checking periodically for openings. I also finished that board I’ve been working on. It was a pain and I was bitten by mosquitoes a hundred times without exaggerating,Continue reading “The Quest #35”

None up, none down. Didn’t manage any queries this week, though I meant to. I’ve been trying to make a wedding gift for friends who got married in February. The CNC is putting up a good fight and has drawn blood, but it will get me what I want in the end. In other newsContinue reading “The Quest #34”

One up one down. Not up to the number of queries I want but not falling behind. I changed my query letter up a little but just a sentence or two here and there. I’ve continued to write a thousand words a day. The only days this year I haven’t written that much have beenContinue reading “The Quest #33”

Three up, none down. Now we’re talking, getting back into the swing of querying. It is a long, slow process. No sense in stopping. A long time ago I wrote down a bunch of ideas for books that I had plots for. It was this grand plan. I have only written one of those books,Continue reading “The Quest #32”

One up, one down. So it goes. Back at means getting the rejections back. This last agent had a little box to write why I chose to query her specifically. I wrote something, but I didn’t say the truth. Desperation. I want an agent for this book. I want this book traditionally published. Got toContinue reading “The Quest #31”