Sometimes it is hard getting all those rejections, but you just have to believe in your writing and keep truckin.'
Apryl
EDIT: Also, has anyone noticed the similarity with Donald Maass to Oedipa Maas from The Crying of Lot 49? I mean, that can't be a very common name... It's just weird is all.
Not sure on this, but I think within the past few years, Donald Maass married a woman named Sharon.... Not to mention with the spectacularly BRILLIANT writer Sharon Maas!!!!!
(check my links down below....)
Geez. No wonder I got a form rejection from Jennifer Jackson. Half of AW is submitting to DMLA!
Spiny,
I think the Internet is fantastic and scary! lol. Sometimes it is easier to send out an e-query instead of a snail mail query, especially since stamps are so expensive now. I usually have to spend $1.33 per submission, not including the money you have to pay for the printing paper, the ink, and envelopes.
Apryl
I haven't yet, but plan to. I may as well collect a rejection from every agent on AgentQuery. That seems to be the goal I'm aiming for whether I want it or not.
No one has asked me for a full manuscript, only a partial, and a full manuscript would probably cost about $3.00-$8.00. Usually I include an SASE in the submission, then put two stamps on the envelope (a manilla envelope works best). It always goes through if I send it through media mail. Anything faster would cost extra.
Apryl
Not sure on this, but I think within the past few years, Donald Maass married a woman named Sharon.
Serious. But I just realized I'm wrong about his wife's name. Sorry! Go here.
Geez. No wonder I got a form rejection from Jennifer Jackson. Half of AW is submitting to DMLA!
It's cheaper to print 'em yourself. Depending on the price point of the printer, of course.Hmm... Well, as someone who doesn't print out the ms himself, going to FedEx/Kinko's and having it done for you and the shipped can run in the 20 to 40 dollar range.
Do you yourself prefer to read paper or pixels? Can you read pixels comfortably while hanging on to the grab bar on the subway with your other hand?So... yeah. I'm all for e-queries. I have no idea why snail mail seems to be the prominent one still.
Duncan J said:Do you yourself prefer to read paper or pixels? Can you read pixels comfortably while hanging on to the grab bar on the subway with your other hand?