My first rejection... wasn't a rejection!!!

auroraborealis · Feb 10, 2016

Last Sunday (the 7th) I submitted my query letter to seven agencies. Now, this is my first book and my first time submitting, so I expected I would face some rejection before anyone was interested.

Today, I saw that I had an email from one of the agencies.

Bracing myself for rejection, I open it. And...

It was a request for my full manuscript!!!

So yeah, I'm really excited right now! I'm nervous, too, and although I'm hopeful, I doubt I'm lucky enough to get my manuscript accepted on the first try.

But still, it's something

tiggs · Feb 10, 2016

auroraborealis said:
Today, I saw that I had an email from one of the agencies.

Bracing myself for rejection, I open it. And...

It was a request for my full manuscript!!!

That's the stuff of dreams, right there.

Well done. Fingers crossed that they love the manuscript

muse · Feb 11, 2016

Congratulations, and good luck. :hooray:

KTC · Feb 11, 2016

Congratulations! That's exceptional. Fingers crossed that the manuscript impresses them as much as the query did! :hooray:

slackercruster · Feb 11, 2016

Well you're a lucky one! Rejection is always hard. What helps me is making rejection so commonplace I pretty much ignore it. I do it by contacting hundreds of outlets. Hope your project is accepted.

wonderactivist · Feb 11, 2016

That's so awesome. Good luck on the full!

CEtchison · Feb 11, 2016

Well done! Congratulations!

engmajor2005 · Feb 11, 2016

For your next trick, try capturing lightning in a bottle!

Best of luck as you go through the next steps.

KiwiChick · Feb 12, 2016

Fantastic! :hooray:

I hope the agent loves it.

Roxxsmom · Feb 12, 2016

Congrats on the request, and good luck!

Fruitbat · Feb 12, 2016

Wow! Way to get started. Let us know how it goes!

Paragraphic · Feb 13, 2016

Go you! Now you know your query letter is gold! Good luck and keep us updated!

vicky271 · Feb 16, 2016

Congratulations!!!

sarasota · Mar 4, 2016

Goodness that is quite exciting. Congrats and good luck!

Sweetix · Mar 5, 2016

Congratulations! Any news?

Ellaroni · Mar 10, 2016

Good luck!!!

auroraborealis · Mar 15, 2016

Ahh this is late, I haven't been on the site in a while. Unfortunately, she sent a rejection on the 4th. A bit vague, too. Oh well. Onward I go!

Fullon_v4.0 · Mar 17, 2016

auroraborealis said:
Ahh this is late, I haven't been on the site in a while. Unfortunately, she sent a rejection on the 4th. A bit vague, too. Oh well. Onward I go!

Your experience is still very rare, and you should be proud of yourself. Keep moving forward and let us know when you get picked up!

HandsomeJohn · Mar 25, 2016

You should be very happy, despite how it turned out.

At some point in 2016 I'll start doing the same as you and I reckon that first reply will leave me a little more disheartened.

Congratulations!

ohheyyrach77 · Mar 28, 2016

Despite how it turned out you should be SO excited! You must have a good query going out! That is still very very awesome! Good luck going onward!

EMaree · Mar 28, 2016

Despite the bad news, getting a full request is a great sign. Keep up the querying! You're doing great!

My first rejection... wasn't a rejection!!!

auroraborealis

tiggs

muse

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KTC

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slackercruster

wonderactivist

CEtchison

engmajor2005

KiwiChick

Editing like a caffeinated chipmunk

Roxxsmom

Beastly Fido

Fruitbat

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Paragraphic

Word eater.

vicky271

sarasota

Sweetix

Ellaroni

auroraborealis

Fullon_v4.0

Shard Knight

HandsomeJohn

ohheyyrach77

Awesome.

EMaree

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