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The Meanings Behind Different Types of Rejection Letters

September 16, 2024 //  by Rachel Kent//  2 Comments

Today we’re talking rejection. Sorry! 🙂 But I hope this post will be helpful.

When an editor or agent sends a rejection letter, different types of rejections mean different things. Here’s the inside scoop, as I see it, on four …

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Tips for Improving your Query Letter

September 26, 2022 //  by Rachel Kent//  6 Comments

If you are submitting query letters into the sea of literary agents and editors and you aren’t getting any bites, the reason could be one of these below. Also, it’s important to keep in mind that your query is one …

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Query Letter Basics

June 14, 2021 //  by Rachel Kent//  5 Comments

I was asked recently, “What is the one thing that makes you request a project based on a query and what is the one thing in a query that makes you decide a book isn’t the right fit?”

I’m sure …

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How Not to Query an Agent

August 15, 2018 //  by Janet Grant//  28 Comments

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

You know how you have a bad feeling before you even open an email? Last week I felt obligated to click on an emailed query even though I suspected reading the missive would be a waste …

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Making Changes

May 20, 2016 //  by Rachel Kent//  20 Comments

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Sometimes authors are faced with the decision to keep a query letter or project as is or to revise. Most authors feel pretty confident about the direction of a project when the project is sent out. It …

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3 flaws in your query that shout “beginner”

February 24, 2014 //  by Janet Grant//  54 Comments

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

Few experiences are more instructive about what-not-to-do in your writing than working your way through the queries and proposals editors or agents receive. I can’t make my stack of reading available to you, but I can …

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Bribery doesn’t help you to get representation

February 13, 2013 //  by Rachel Kent//  74 Comments

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We received a package today filled with goodies for one of the agents at the agency. This gift was from a writer who emailed a query for a project and mailed the box to go along with …

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Monday in the Life of an Agent: Query Letters

June 14, 2010 //  by Rachel Kent//  11 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski

Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

An agent’s Monday starts out much like yours, I bet, but you tell me. Here’s a typical Rachel Monday:

The alarm clock rings, and I hit snooze. This …

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Different Types of Rejection

July 21, 2009 //  by Rachel Kent//  10 Comments

Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski

Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

When an agent sends a rejection letter, different types of rejections mean different things. Here’s the inside scoop, as I see it, on four main forms of rejection:…

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