Hello! I've mostly been lurking on here, learning a ton and feeling grateful for this forum. I need some advice now and was hoping someone out there would be able to help me.
I wrote a YA novel and sent it out to agents. There are about 15 agents who have requested the full, and four of them originally passed, but they all agreed to read a revised version (which they all have now). It was a massive revision with close to 15,000 words cut, and about 5,000 new words added.
I've heard back from two already, both rejections, but they both said they liked my writing and my voice. One agent said she's afraid the hook isn't enough to stand out in a crowded marketplace. The other said she's got a client who writes along similar themes and it would be a conflict of interest.
While I was thinking about my book's hook, I had an epiphany. I was thinking about how I could make the hook stronger, and I want to do another major rewrite and make the protag another race (she was caucasian, but I want to make her Asian - something I'm very familiar with, being Asian myself).
Do you think I could email these agents and ask them if they would be interested in reading a revised version of my MS, or would it be too much to ask them to read yet another revision?
I was ready to put this book in a drawer if no one offered representation. In fact, I've already started working on book #2, but now I can't stop thinking about it. If I really should just lock this book away, how do you make your characters shut up?
I wrote a YA novel and sent it out to agents. There are about 15 agents who have requested the full, and four of them originally passed, but they all agreed to read a revised version (which they all have now). It was a massive revision with close to 15,000 words cut, and about 5,000 new words added.
I've heard back from two already, both rejections, but they both said they liked my writing and my voice. One agent said she's afraid the hook isn't enough to stand out in a crowded marketplace. The other said she's got a client who writes along similar themes and it would be a conflict of interest.
While I was thinking about my book's hook, I had an epiphany. I was thinking about how I could make the hook stronger, and I want to do another major rewrite and make the protag another race (she was caucasian, but I want to make her Asian - something I'm very familiar with, being Asian myself).
Do you think I could email these agents and ask them if they would be interested in reading a revised version of my MS, or would it be too much to ask them to read yet another revision?
I was ready to put this book in a drawer if no one offered representation. In fact, I've already started working on book #2, but now I can't stop thinking about it. If I really should just lock this book away, how do you make your characters shut up?
