Rejection treat update: Banana with cream cheese frosting and a salted caramel filling from Kara's Cupcakes and Rogue Chocolate Stout. The salty/sweet combo was unspeakably* delicious.
Queries sent: 100
Rejections received: 35
Requests pending: 3 full** and 2 partials! Both partials are new requests, one of them from a DREAM AGENT (squee!). One of the partials also requested I send the first three chapters by post. Although it sucks to have to pay postage, it's always kind of awesome to print out a gorgeously formatted piece with your name on it. If I squint, I can almost pretend it's really published.
I also got to write an author bio for one of my requests, which unlike the synopsis and the query, was actually kind of fun. I recommend that my readers who are also writers try it for kicks.
In other news, I actually started working on a new book. I decided the best way to go would be to write from a different viewpoint in a completely new genre. Take that year of hard-won experience!
*Though apparently, not un-writably
**I've decided to include the Word-challenged agent in this category even though I'm not sure she's still considering me. Hey, a girl's got averages to bump up.
That cupcake sounds delicious!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the requests. Sometimes the waiting is worse than the rejections.