I attended the Writer's Digest conference on Saturday and was fortunate to get 4 requests from agents (the lines were so ridiculously long that I was only able to meet with 4 out of 55 agents during the 2 hour pitch slam, but at least I got great feedback from all of them!)
One of them requested just a query letter (she said she loved the idea but thought it was something more along the lines of a story the owner of her agency would rep, so to query her and it would be shared w/ her boss); another requested first 20 pages and a synopsis; third requested first 50 pages; fourth requested the full manuscript.
My problem is that I'm still putting the final touches on my last draft. My crit partner (who called me Friday night w/ her feedback on the latest draft) thought the beginning was still a little slow but had some good suggestions to help with that (not extensive edits), the ending needed to be beefed up/was too abrupt, and I also need to insert two or three chapters (they are diary entries, so pretty short) in the middle to help explain a situation that happens. Other than those edits, she thought it was pretty much in final shape. I anticipate these changes will take me about 2 weeks to complete between me making them, her reviewing, me making any extra edits, her reviewing one last time and then me cleaning up/proofing/formatting the doc. I don't work full time but she does, so although I could probably make all those edits in a couple of days, I need to account for her time.
The query and the first 20/50 pg requests I can certainly send off by tomorrow or Wed, that's not an issue, but as for the full, would it be bad form to wait 2 weeks to send it? I'm afraid it will make me look uninterested or like a slacker for waiting so long. I certainly don't want to rush the edits and send something that isnt as good as it could have been if I took more time...
Thanks!
One of them requested just a query letter (she said she loved the idea but thought it was something more along the lines of a story the owner of her agency would rep, so to query her and it would be shared w/ her boss); another requested first 20 pages and a synopsis; third requested first 50 pages; fourth requested the full manuscript.
My problem is that I'm still putting the final touches on my last draft. My crit partner (who called me Friday night w/ her feedback on the latest draft) thought the beginning was still a little slow but had some good suggestions to help with that (not extensive edits), the ending needed to be beefed up/was too abrupt, and I also need to insert two or three chapters (they are diary entries, so pretty short) in the middle to help explain a situation that happens. Other than those edits, she thought it was pretty much in final shape. I anticipate these changes will take me about 2 weeks to complete between me making them, her reviewing, me making any extra edits, her reviewing one last time and then me cleaning up/proofing/formatting the doc. I don't work full time but she does, so although I could probably make all those edits in a couple of days, I need to account for her time.
The query and the first 20/50 pg requests I can certainly send off by tomorrow or Wed, that's not an issue, but as for the full, would it be bad form to wait 2 weeks to send it? I'm afraid it will make me look uninterested or like a slacker for waiting so long. I certainly don't want to rush the edits and send something that isnt as good as it could have been if I took more time...
Thanks!
