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Posted: May 23rd, 2011, 6:01 pm
Howdy Bransforumers!
I've been thinking about the "if your query is good you will get requests for partials" phrase. I've queried two novels (though not widely, only about a dozen queries per novel) and gotten nothing but form rejections. Now that I've had time away from Queryland so that the emotions have died down I can see that I do have lots of problems with both of those query letters.
But here's my actual question: how many of you have gotten partial/full requests on your first novel? Or second? How many novels/rejections/requests have you received? Is it really true that as long as you have a good query you'll get at least a few partial requests?
Whatcha think?
I've been thinking about the "if your query is good you will get requests for partials" phrase. I've queried two novels (though not widely, only about a dozen queries per novel) and gotten nothing but form rejections. Now that I've had time away from Queryland so that the emotions have died down I can see that I do have lots of problems with both of those query letters.
But here's my actual question: how many of you have gotten partial/full requests on your first novel? Or second? How many novels/rejections/requests have you received? Is it really true that as long as you have a good query you'll get at least a few partial requests?
Whatcha think?