I have burned through 20 agents in the last year with no takers for my novel as of yet. With my specialties being music and satire, I'm getting very near the bottom of my personal list of possibilities.
Some agents on certain web sites say they're interested in every genre going, so I'm not interested in them. Other really good ones say they don't accept unsolicited queries.
So how am I going to keep sending the ms. around this year?
I will say that since I polished my query letter, I've been getting a great response to send all or part of the ms. On the other hand, on many agents' web sites, the guidelines say to send the first three chapters with the query and synopsis. So maybe getting a request for a partial (if not a thorough reading) is no big deal.
I feel like going back to the earlier agents, figuring they probably didn't read my stuff that carefully to begin with.
Some agents on certain web sites say they're interested in every genre going, so I'm not interested in them. Other really good ones say they don't accept unsolicited queries.
So how am I going to keep sending the ms. around this year?
I will say that since I polished my query letter, I've been getting a great response to send all or part of the ms. On the other hand, on many agents' web sites, the guidelines say to send the first three chapters with the query and synopsis. So maybe getting a request for a partial (if not a thorough reading) is no big deal.
I feel like going back to the earlier agents, figuring they probably didn't read my stuff that carefully to begin with.