Rejected

Too early for surrender! Don't jump ship until the pirates and ninjas have burned it down to the last masthead! Stay the course, me hearty! Arrrgh...!

Were any of those other rejections from requested partials? Did you receive any other feedback from other agents? Maybe send out five more queries and see what happens. Then revisit the ms.

And yeah, if you can get someone to read it, do so.

That's a sad thing to wait six weeks and get a rejection on the full! But keep on going....

Euclid, that sucks, but as Lily says...check out my rejection stats. Holy shite. It's like I'm hemorrhaging rejections. If you and your beta readers see some merit in this agents assessment, maybe you do need to look at increasing the pace. Otherwise, maybe you just need to query more agents.

Good on ya for coming up with a strategy after this rejection. That's the way to do it!

I'm glad you got feedback from betas and a professional editor. I hope you will continue to get feedback as you rewrite the book. Good luck in whipping that novel into the story it's meant to be!

As Lily and Red said, you just started the query-go-round, so don't feel too discouraged. It took me a while to get my agent, too. One time a few years ago on a different manuscript, I worked with an agent on revisions for 9 months before she rejected it, saying "it's not suspenseful enough." So keep on keeping on!

euclid said:

Stormie: He was the only one to ask for anything to read so far.

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Okay, so it sounds like your strategy of reworking the novel and making it more of a page-turner is a good idea.

I'm gonna get on the encouragement wagon here. You got a request for a full. That in itself speaks of your skills. From what I've understood, listening and reading around, agents do not have time to waste on something that does not interest them. The fact that you're willing to make changes to strengthen the novel speaks of your humility and intelligence. Some people are too stubborn, or too in love with their words to make changes.

So, don't get discouraged. You're a competent writer.

Ahhhhhhhh Euclid, I'm in exactly the same boat. Exactly. I just checked my mail there, and got a bog standard rejection from an agent that had my full MS for 2 months. I was so sure she'd be interested. God, it's terrible. And I had a sequel planned, now I really don't think there's any point at all, no point in a sequel if there isn't a prequel. At least you got specific feedback, I got the form letter. BOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

What next?

I'm with Callalily... I've sent three times as many queries as you have. You can't give up. Just because one agent doesn't like it, doesn't mean the rest of them won't like it either.

For example: In the past two weeks, I've gotten three partial requests. One of those agents already came back and politely declined reading anymore work, never mentioning why. Another agent came back and gave full critique (which is unusual for a partial), but said she thought the premise was really cool and thought my MC would be a great YA heroine and asked to see my full.

See? Difference of taste.

funtastic50 said:

Ahhhhhhhh Euclid, I'm in exactly the same boat. Exactly. I just checked my mail there, and got a bog standard rejection from an agent that had my full MS for 2 months. I was so sure she'd be interested. God, it's terrible. And I had a sequel planned, now I really don't think there's any point at all, no point in a sequel if there isn't a prequel. At least you got specific feedback, I got the form letter. BOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

What next?

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And you can't give up either!! Jeez Louise...

I know it sucks being rejected (because it's happened to me more times than I can count), but you can't quit because one said "no, thanks." Doesn't mean another one won't believe in you. Remember, it only takes one "yes."

Love the optimism! I think I need a few moments to wallow in my rejection. I'll dust and polish myself off tomorrow and start cracking out more queries.
You know I thought writing the book was going to be the hard part... This whole process is RIDICULOUS!!!

Writing the book is the fun part. Trying to find an agent who believes in you is not as fun. LOL

I'm addicted to queries, though. I just keep sending and keep sending...

You've got the right attitude - good luck with it

Good luck to you, too! Don't give up!

Sucks!

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