Tuesday 19 April 2011

(Mis)adventures with querying

There I am. Standing in the library at my son's school. It's parent's evening, and yes, I'm very interested in his academic progress. I'm also having trouble dragging my eyes away from a book on the shelf. It's by Diana Wynne-Jones, and her agent has just requested a partial on my first novel. I can't wipe the stupid grin off my face (though I really should. My son hasn't been particularly devoted to his studies.) There's something cool about the fact that this book and I are linked (albeit in a spectacularly tenuous way.) An agent, a real live agent, is reading my work!

So now I have two partials out there, floating around in the magical arena inhabited by agents (otherwise known as London and New York.) And even if they both turn me down, I'll still be grinning like an idiot, sending out another batch of queries, and working on the new love of my life (otherwise known as the WiP.)

2 comments:

  1. Ha, I'd be grinning too. Two requests for partials is fantastic. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you :-)

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  2. Thanks :) I'm going to go ahead and count it as three requests for partials, even though the agent on the third request passed on it in the end. It's still a win for the query :P

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