I am feeling so frustrated!
At the end of last August (2010), I sent out seven queries to agents at various well-known agencies. In due course, I received three requests for partials (along with two form rejects, one personalized reject and a 'no response').
Great, right??
Now, middle of Feb. 2011 (five-and-a-half months later) I've finally heard back from the final agent. All rejections (though one suggested that I re-submit after I made changes). All three gave comments and suggestions on what I should change. They were all very nice, no complaints.
My frustration?? They all wanted different things!!!
One wanted more backstory about a specific character, another wanted less. One specifically mentioned the start of a particular chapter as being 'compelling', another said that same chapter 'started out too slow'. One said she liked the snippets of German in the first chapter ('handled well' and 'adds depth'), another said to drop all the German ('confusing').
I swear, it's almost like these three people got together and tried to figure out how best to mess with my mind.
At the end of last August (2010), I sent out seven queries to agents at various well-known agencies. In due course, I received three requests for partials (along with two form rejects, one personalized reject and a 'no response').
Great, right??
Now, middle of Feb. 2011 (five-and-a-half months later) I've finally heard back from the final agent. All rejections (though one suggested that I re-submit after I made changes). All three gave comments and suggestions on what I should change. They were all very nice, no complaints.
My frustration?? They all wanted different things!!!
One wanted more backstory about a specific character, another wanted less. One specifically mentioned the start of a particular chapter as being 'compelling', another said that same chapter 'started out too slow'. One said she liked the snippets of German in the first chapter ('handled well' and 'adds depth'), another said to drop all the German ('confusing').
I swear, it's almost like these three people got together and tried to figure out how best to mess with my mind.