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Complaining about one side of things--My almost non-existent YA writing. A few years back, I was sending out queries for a few different YA projects in batches of 5 and 10, and I would typically get one request per batch. These didn't result in offers, but I was at least getting bites. I was trained to learn that getting some requests was reasonable for every new project I tried.
The past two projects I've tried over the past two years have gotten me nothing. I've workshopped the queries in QLH and in other places, I've had agents at conferences say the query or first pages are well-written and that "someone will like it." I know--well, okay, I THINK-- my queries are good, but I get nothing.
It's crushing to think you have something that a mysterious "someone" will like, and send out queries and get no response after rejection after no response. I'm up to 60ish agents per project and I'm really thinking that the market is just not there for what I'm trying to sell. It's just bumming me out and I have nowhere else to vent. I'm wondering if I should quit the YA market entirely and focus on the erotic romance side of my writing, which is working for me and getting me small press contracts. But I also know I can't give up, especially considering that I believe in these works and in future ideas I have for the YA market.
*Dusts self off* I guess the only choice is to keep trying agents until my next project is done?
The past two projects I've tried over the past two years have gotten me nothing. I've workshopped the queries in QLH and in other places, I've had agents at conferences say the query or first pages are well-written and that "someone will like it." I know--well, okay, I THINK-- my queries are good, but I get nothing.
It's crushing to think you have something that a mysterious "someone" will like, and send out queries and get no response after rejection after no response. I'm up to 60ish agents per project and I'm really thinking that the market is just not there for what I'm trying to sell. It's just bumming me out and I have nowhere else to vent. I'm wondering if I should quit the YA market entirely and focus on the erotic romance side of my writing, which is working for me and getting me small press contracts. But I also know I can't give up, especially considering that I believe in these works and in future ideas I have for the YA market.
*Dusts self off* I guess the only choice is to keep trying agents until my next project is done?