I got my second request for a partial today (from an established AAR agent), and I have two questions:
1) She wants to know if any other agents have seen my material. There is one other agent who currently has a partial. Shoud I mention that to the current agent, or do you think she's talking specifically about the whole manuscript? I'm leaning toward telling her that someone else has a partial.
2) She asked about my writing credits. Uh...I have none. I was nominated/a finalist for two college-sponsored writing awards (but didn't win either) as an undergraduate student (like eight years ago). Should I mention these? I have a degree in Literature, but I'm not sure that necessarily automatically makes me better-equipped to write fiction than the next guy (especially in the eyes of an agent).
Thanks for any advice!
1) She wants to know if any other agents have seen my material. There is one other agent who currently has a partial. Shoud I mention that to the current agent, or do you think she's talking specifically about the whole manuscript? I'm leaning toward telling her that someone else has a partial.
2) She asked about my writing credits. Uh...I have none. I was nominated/a finalist for two college-sponsored writing awards (but didn't win either) as an undergraduate student (like eight years ago). Should I mention these? I have a degree in Literature, but I'm not sure that necessarily automatically makes me better-equipped to write fiction than the next guy (especially in the eyes of an agent).
Thanks for any advice!