Virginia Kidd Agency

And Vaughne Lee Hansen doesn't show up on Agent Query. I'm curious, too.

callalily61 said:

Beth, the website has only a snail mail addy page. Is that correct? Thanks.

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That's correct. (Sorry, I should have mentioned that before.)

callalily61 said:

Thanks! Can you tell me if she only reps fantasy? I have a spec fic and a mystery I'm shopping.

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She reps both SF and fantasy.

I did some GoodSearch-fu last night and found blog posts from the people she reps, but no other information beyond that.

She's experienced, knowledgable, and wonderfully responsive. I've been a client for about a year and a half, and I can't say enough good things about Vaughne or the agency.

Virginia Kidd

Anybody know whether I should query Christine Cohen or Vaughne Hansen at Virginia Kidd?

I can't find more specific info on which agent specializes on SF or F; if they both look at queries for both genres; who might be the more appropriate first contact, etc. Thanks in advance. Tom

Can we merge these threads?

Thomas Scot, bright-line distinctions between science fiction and fantasy are there for the readers, not the writers or editors or agents. Professionals in the field who deal with the one can be assumed to deal with the other, unless and until they tell you otherwise. It's not likely they'll do so.

Dec. 16 (today) ~ Virginia Kidd Agency announces they are actively looking for new authors, particularly in SF and say that if you've got a good manuscript, give them a jingle. (I did about 2 minutes ago!)

AlterEgox5 said:

Dec. 16 (today) ~ Virginia Kidd Agency announces they are actively looking for new authors, particularly in SF and say that if you've got a good manuscript, give them a jingle. (I did about 2 minutes ago!)

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What did you send to them beside your query letter?

Nya RAyne said:

What did you send to them beside your query letter?

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...Nothing.

The site was less than specific and both agents on AgentQuery still have "not taking anything" listed (in a nutshell). Near the end of the site it says "Queries & Manuscript Submissions" and then where to send, but I thought, "No way do they want the entire manuscript," so I just queried.

I did some googling and found conflicting info too, so that didn't really help. I figure if they want to see more, they'll ask.

AlterEgox5, could you let us know when you get a response?

Thanks,
Dev

I e-queried the Virginia Kidd Agency maybe an hour ago. A few minutes later I got a request for the entire manuscript, and the guy said I'd hear from them within a week.

Wow.

What's Open Office format? (I just looked at their web site) I use works, and then usually save as a .doc - but this is just a query, so... I'm confused!

Oh, and 52Greg - was your query for SF?

rebobinar said:

Oh, and 52Greg - was your query for SF?

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Yes, it was.

rebobinar said:

What's Open Office format? (I just looked at their web site) I use works, and then usually save as a .doc - but this is just a query, so... I'm confused!

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If you click on the link where it say open office you can download it for free. They want the whole manuscript when you send the query. Just FYI. So, make sure to download open office.

When I copy and pasted my word doc into open office it screwed up my formatting so I had to use text edit(notepad in windows). I c & p into text edit and then c & p THAT into open office and it kept my formatting.

Hope this helps.

Dev said:

AlterEgox5, could you let us know when you get a response?

Thanks,
Dev

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I most certainly will. (by the way, I have a really cool character in my submission with your name)

jsouders said:

If you click on the link where it say open office you can download it for free. They want the whole manuscript when you send the query. Just FYI. So, make sure to download open office.

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...Crud. I couldn't believe that they'd want to see the full ms. so I didn't send it. Now I'm not sure if I should wait or query again with the ms in tow (and an apology for screwing up the first time...).

GAH! I just queried an hour ago and they asked for my full!

AlterEgox5, I did not attach the full with my query, and they wrote back to say that they are interested based on my query content and want to see the first chapter or the full. So, I don't think that's a dealbreaker.

Good to know.

*still waiting....twitch*