steve wrote:I like Salinger.
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He might be the first modern young adult author. No vampires or wizards; just smoking, cursing, chasing girls, and drinking.
I approve.
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- July 29th, 2010, 2:30 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: J.D. Salinger
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3026
Re: J.D. Salinger
Well said, imho.
- July 29th, 2010, 2:29 pm
- Forum: Finding An Agent
- Topic: Not even a partial
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5666
Re: Not even a partial
17? Sheesh, I've got a special gmail QUERY REJ folder just bulging with rejections to queries for my crime novel.
Like you said, Never give up!
Like you said, Never give up!
- July 28th, 2010, 4:18 pm
- Forum: Finding An Agent
- Topic: when more than one agent asks for a submission
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4436
Re: when more than one agent asks for a submission
You can see the query thread at http://forums.nathanbransford.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=1418 and also all the excellent advice I rec'd from other NB participants. Thanks for the good wishes! Go BigHeadX!!! Congratulations! That is soooooo great!!! Can I ask, what is your book about? (See, I don't...
- July 28th, 2010, 1:28 pm
- Forum: Finding An Agent
- Topic: when more than one agent asks for a submission
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4436
Re: when more than one agent asks for a submission
Thanks, Hillary! Got another request for a partial this past weekend. The first partial sent me a very charming and informative reply when I explained the exclusive. And even said they would wait! :) Oh! I probably just misread. That's a nice timeline on an exclusive. Presumably you queried that age...
- July 24th, 2010, 8:49 pm
- Forum: Finding An Agent
- Topic: when more than one agent asks for a submission
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4436
Re: when more than one agent asks for a submission
First agent requested full submission and 10-14 day exclusive. Second requested the partial (email rec'd today) and no exclusive. Sorry to confuse things. I'm red-faced because I forgot to mention that the full submission agency gave me a 10-14 day window. I have some experience with film agents and...
- July 24th, 2010, 8:36 pm
- Forum: Finding An Agent
- Topic: when more than one agent asks for a submission
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4436
Re: when more than one agent asks for a submission
I'm red-faced because I forgot to mention that the full submission agency gave me a 10-14 day window.
I have some experience with film agents and in that world things are a bit wide-open and wild west, but I don't know proper literary agency protocol (yet).
Thanks!
I have some experience with film agents and in that world things are a bit wide-open and wild west, but I don't know proper literary agency protocol (yet).
Thanks!
- July 24th, 2010, 1:59 pm
- Forum: Finding An Agent
- Topic: when more than one agent asks for a submission
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4436
when more than one agent asks for a submission
I need some advice. Here's the situation: Last week an agency requested a full submission and asked me for an "exclusive" while they read my novel. I asked around (including published/represented authors) and was told that this is not unusual or unexpected. Since then, I have sent out no m...
- July 20th, 2010, 5:52 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: QUERY - crime/police fiction
- Replies: 32
- Views: 11871
Re: QUERY - crime/police fiction
Got a request for a full submission today. Received some very good query advice here at NB. Many thanks! Don't want to jinx it by spilling the name, but it's apparently a respected NY agency, if this and other forums are any indication. I won't quit my day job (day job? what's that?) but it's at lea...
- June 25th, 2010, 2:45 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: QUERY - crime/police fiction
- Replies: 32
- Views: 11871
Re: QUERY - crime/police fiction
Thanks, Quill! (Janet already left me behind as roadkill. Must have been the "fiction novel" gaffe. ;) ) You're the man. That is a super query. (Even so, I don't think you should put fiction and novel in the same sentence. It could be a killer for some agents.)(Such as Janet Reid, who I ho...
- June 25th, 2010, 1:00 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: QUERY - crime/police fiction
- Replies: 32
- Views: 11871
Re: QUERY - crime/police fiction
Yes, a grown man shouldn't cry, nor should he get giddy about a simple request for bio, synopsis, and first 50 pages, but, after a depressing string of "sorry, but..." responses, I am going to wrap my arms around my positive response and hug it all weekend. ;) Below is the query draft th...
- June 23rd, 2010, 4:22 pm
- Forum: Excerpts
- Topic: The Last Highway (working title)-Page 1
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7807
Re: The Last Highway (working title)-Page 1
Looks as if you are receiving some fine advice here, but I just have a question. You said you are 7 pages into the story. Are you working from an outline? synopsis? Just curious. I am interested in how others work.
good luck!
John
good luck!
John
- June 22nd, 2010, 1:54 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: QUERY - crime/police fiction
- Replies: 32
- Views: 11871
Re: QUERY - crime/police fiction
It really shows how well you write your genre that you've gone through all these revisions and managed to keep your voice. I am going to add a few little things that occurred to me to go along with Quill's extensive (and impressive) critiquing. The first paragraph is awkward to read. There's too mu...
- June 22nd, 2010, 11:40 am
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: QUERY - crime/police fiction
- Replies: 32
- Views: 11871
Re: QUERY - crime/police fiction
You folks are all great and so patient! I hope/plan to return that courtesy here at NB on a regular basis.
- June 21st, 2010, 6:08 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: The Grateful Undead: They're So Vein
- Replies: 24
- Views: 8502
Re: Thanks for the help. I have hard skin - lay it on me.
You certainly bring humor and a bit of new life to this suddenly modern genre, but this reader isn't sure if this is a query or a sketch. At about 365 words, some might think it too long and an agent may repeat may not appreciate your approach. That being said, with a bit of judicious editing this ...
- June 21st, 2010, 5:42 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: Will grovel for feedback. I Would Have Loved You Anyway.
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9330
Re: Will grovel for feedback. I Would Have Loved You Anyway.
FWIW: Very impressed with these observations! Friends, CHOICE ONE: Dear (Agent of choice), Presley O'Connor expects a memorable senior year. What she doesn't expect is the letter that arrives on her eighteenth birthday with her mutilated senior picture and a wish for a happy last birthday. A decent...