I'm down to 109 myself. Guess someone's Thanksgiving break is possibly riding on getting their batch done.
Oh, I think you made it past round one. I'd be REALLY surprised if they read each novella in its entirety. I'll bet they received thousands of subs, so it just doesn't seem practical. Or even possible.And yeah, it's definitely a booster to know they read the whole thing (and explains why the queue has taken so long. I doubt I made it past round 1 since I was still so high in the queue.)
Wow. I think that's a hella good sign! *bounces*Last I talked to Spar, she was on #2...
Sorry for the R, Siwyenbast. But I think a personal R is really encouraging! They had so many subs that they couldn't possibly respond to every one with a personal R (IMO). And even if a work is amazing, it can still get rejected cuz it's just not what they're in the market for at the mo.I got an answer a few weeks ago while AW was down. It was a personal R, and said that they were looking for more subtle work than the tell-all tone that I had. I wonder if that's a nitpick/style thing.
They don't, as far as I know, unless you're already a client. Although I haven't really queried anything in a while, so someone please correct me if I'm wrong (and then I'll start querying the novellas sitting on my hard drive ). I think all we can do is keep looking for markets that accept novellas.Anyways, now that it's free, I can tweak it and send it off to the next publisher or agent. But, do SFF agents even represent novellas? I haven't even heard if they do, as most of the chatter is novels.
Novellas are making a comeback.
Short fiction in general is experiencing a resurgence.
For querying an agent, generally a novella is paired with several short stories to make a "book length" book.
You'd query the entire project if you're going the agent route. At least a few of the short stories should be already-published to demonstrate you've got an audience.
And a fan audience is key here. To get fans you publish stories and build your name recognition. That can be through smaller presses first, then when you've gotten started, editors and agents are more likely to take a look.