FYI You guys are AWESOME!

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FYI You guys are AWESOME!

Post by bkloss » March 9th, 2011, 1:44 pm

Just wanted to let you know, since so many of you helped me fix my originally terrible query, I was asked for a partial based on my query letter ALONE! (this agent only wanted queries submitted, and she responeded 2 days after I sent it!)

So THANKS to all of you for your help! I now know my query letter isn't the thing holding me back ;)

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Post by hannah_dreamergirl_3 » March 9th, 2011, 1:51 pm

great to hear of success, makes me even more confident in the advice everyone gives. You're right they are great!
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Post by Guardian » March 10th, 2011, 4:32 am

Congratulations and good luck!

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Post by misstante » March 10th, 2011, 8:27 am

Yay!!! That's great news!

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Post by enewmeyer » March 10th, 2011, 8:44 am

Congrats! I hope everyone else will be as lucky as you!

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Post by Quill » March 10th, 2011, 10:15 am

Wonderful. I hope the request works out.

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Post by bkloss » March 10th, 2011, 12:02 pm

Me too ;)

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Post by SariBelle » March 12th, 2011, 8:52 am

Congrats Barbara! It's awesome news =D

Which version of your query did you use when you got the request?

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Post by bkloss » March 12th, 2011, 11:23 am

Thanks!

Yeah...there were so many versions...haha. The one I sent is the one on my blog--minus the "why I'm querying" and sentence about myself (which I included that I work with writing critique partners. I had coffee with an agent that reviewed it and said I should include a little bit about what I was doing with writing NOW ie high-traffic blogs/forums/critique groups). So, the version I ended up with is basically the version you edited last on here, plus a few other little things she suggested ;) So....GREAT job!

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Post by littlebird » March 12th, 2011, 4:15 pm

Great news! Thanks for sharing!

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Post by bkloss » March 12th, 2011, 5:17 pm

Sure thing!--got to give credit where credit's due ;) The writing communities are INVALUABLE!...even though none of us gets to talk 'in person'

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