tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488708140221409786.post7125328193633176752..comments2010-03-22T17:21:18.040-05:00Comments on If I'd Only Known ...: First Rejection of 2010JosieJodiBabyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08481792265556700992noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488708140221409786.post-62684770181888465832010-03-18T11:52:25.123-05:002010-03-18T11:52:25.123-05:00I'm in the keep submitting camp. Check your q...I'm in the keep submitting camp. Check your queries to make sure they include the emotional/physical costs to your MC and brush up your first 5 page sample.<br /><br />Don't give up. I just got a mention that my piece (submitted in July last year) made it to the second reader.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14115085533635353291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488708140221409786.post-9881516203660134482010-02-09T00:01:43.850-06:002010-02-09T00:01:43.850-06:00You should be working on something new regardless ...You should be working on something new regardless of whether or not you're getting rejections. It doesn't sound like a great plan—business-wise or mental health-wise—to spend your time not writing while you await news from agents. <br /><br />"Five words with so much power in them."<br /><br />They only have as much power as you give them. The only person who can stop you from writing is you. And you won't do that to yourself, will you?Marie Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07297441883477828246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488708140221409786.post-20809112690136408152010-01-16T20:11:32.254-06:002010-01-16T20:11:32.254-06:00Keep submitting! Don't give up just yet :) If ...Keep submitting! Don't give up just yet :) If it's not right for that agent, it will be right for someone else.<br /><br />I started querying agents last year and received loads of 'it's not right for us' comments - though also quite a few partial requests, a full request and 'I was sent this by my colleague [at same agency] as it seems exactly like my kind of book!' <br /><br />The next person you query could love it so keep at it. :) And you could still hear about the full yet.Ellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14089899896564425937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488708140221409786.post-20164912469378817442010-01-07T21:07:05.150-06:002010-01-07T21:07:05.150-06:00Get hold of the person who requested the full. At ...Get hold of the person who requested the full. At the very least they should let you know they received it.MC Howehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12135224394821535801noreply@blogger.com