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DrAndy
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Synopsis and query for the same novel, follow different characters?
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Maggie Maxwell
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Mention self pub in bio?
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Donnettetxgirl
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Can my synopsis be longer then what the Agent requests?
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50 Queries - Time to Reassess
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Aeryn_Rudel
Is it possible to publish a book with a setting/culture different than mine?
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lizmonster
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How to tell an agent I've revised the opening?
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Queries - conflicting... everything.
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mccardey
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Should I be worried that none of WIPs have series potential?
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Looking for Agents on Duotrope
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Aeryn_Rudel
Literary Agents VS Screenplay Agents?
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Maggie Maxwell
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Do Agents Use Tiered Form Rejections? Maybe?
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Brigid Barry
Agent requested full and is no longer on the agency website
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Query request rate in 2023?
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Approaching, as an Author, the World of Agents
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Sub-genres when querying
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Submitting to magazines, contests before landing an agent
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Brigid Barry
Turn offs in bios
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