Virginia Kidd Agency

AlterEgox5 said:

Good to know.

*still waiting....twitch*

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You'll be fine. Stop twitching. LOL. They're probably just slammed with submissions at this point. You'll get your request soon. I'm sure.

52greg said:

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.

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Out of curiosity, what's the name of the guy you corresponded with?

eqb said:

Out of curiosity, what's the name of the guy you corresponded with?

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The guy I corresponded with was Ben. Scared me to death, because I thought I'd accidentally sent it to my husband and he was messing with me. LOL. Don't know his last name though, he only gave me his first name.

I queried Ben at their submissions email address tonight and he replied within a half hour requesting the full. Now I just need to download OpenOffice and convert!

Ooo, so much activity! I'm editing a little then converting tonight also. And I too corresponded with Ben.

I queried them tonight as well and got a response lightning fast. I sent a partial (about 35 pages) and 45 minutes later, got a request for a full. I had to work tonight so I didn't get the email until later, but I've sent off the full and we'll see what happens.

I corresponded with Ben as well, and he said some really nice things in his request for the full that made my night.

Ooo, congratulations Dgrintalis!

Thank you, Rebobinar.

I found this on Ursula Le Guin's website and thought I would share:
Ursula Le Guin talks about Virginia Kidd.

dgrintalis said:

Thank you, Rebobinar.

I found this on Ursula Le Guin's website and thought I would share:
Ursula Le Guin talks about Virginia Kidd.

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That is so sweet. It sounds like anyone who does manage to get picked up by this group, would be very lucky.

What's interesting to me is that my MS is not sci-Fi or fantasy, but dark suspense/horror. Maybe they are interested in branching out to other genres?

dgrintalis said:

What's interesting to me is that my MS is not sci-Fi or fantasy, but dark suspense/literary horror. Maybe they are interested in branching out to other genres?

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Well, the post you posted said, they liked taking chances, so maybe that's what that is. Maybe they saw lots of potential and are willing to take the chance.

I hope so.

Here is a silly tidbit. They rep (or repped) Alan Dean Foster who wrote the movie tie-in book to Alien, which is only my most favorite movie in the entire universe. I've seen it over 100 times (I've since stopped counting) and can recite every line. My family doesn't like to watch it with me for that reason. Well, except for my son, who's also seen it enough times to quote.

My MS isn't SF/F, either. It's a contemporary YA suspense. BUT, my WIP is YA fantasy (sort of), so I'd be really thrilled to be with these guys. I assume they are branching out a bit.

Very cool about the Alien connection, Damien!

I just sent off the full. Gulp.

eqb said:

Out of curiosity, what's the name of the guy you corresponded with?

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It was Ben. He seems to have been a busy boy yesterday.

Lot of fulls requested. I hope one or more of us gets picked up! My MS is a light urban fantasy. Good luck to everyone.

Hmm. So I'm not sure if they updated this particular part today or what (...today as in tomorrow as they're an hour ahead of me...), but at the bottom it now says to send them to Ben. Yes, in bold!

...Still have yet to receive a reply myself. Maybe because I didn't address it to Ben? Of course, it didn't say that on the site when I sent my query...

52greg said:

It was Ben. He seems to have been a busy boy yesterday.

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Maybe he's trying to build up a client list. Does Ben give his last name when he replies?

He did not give his last name, but I believe Ben may be Virginia Kidd's son.

Ben didn't give his last name to me, either.

dgrintalis said:

He did not give his last name, but I believe Ben may be Virginia Kidd's son.

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Ah, I knew her son was named Ben, but I hadn't realized he was a literary agent.

I just heard back from Ben. He listed several changes he needs, but he liked my novel. He said I'm in his "possible" bin. Does that mean that if I make the changes to his satisfaction, I'll be the client of a name agency, assuming I take it?

52greg said:

I just heard back from Ben. He listed several changes he needs, but he liked my novel. He said I'm in his "possible" bin. Does that mean that if I make the changes to his satisfaction, I'll be the client of a name agency, assuming I take it?

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Wow, Greg, that sounds great. Did he actually ask you to do a revise & resubmit? If so, then I'd assume if he likes what you resubmit (if you agree with his changes), then you're good to go. Although, not all R&R's are ultimately accepted with offers made, you're in a good space right now. Good luck!!!!

I just heard from Ben, too. He liked my book, but has proposed a few changes, one of which I am not okay with. I emailed him back to let him know my thoughts, so we'll see what happens.

dgrintalis said:

I just heard from Ben, too. He liked my book, but has proposed a few changes, one of which I am not okay with. I emailed him back to let him know my thoughts, so we'll see what happens.

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52greg said:

I just heard back from Ben. He listed several changes he needs, but he liked my novel. He said I'm in his "possible" bin. Does that mean that if I make the changes to his satisfaction, I'll be the client of a name agency, assuming I take it?

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Wow, great news guys!! Good luck to both of you!!

Same boat for me! A really positive note with requests for revisions. I'm so happy!!!