Query Update: One rejection from a query letter sent on July 29th. (Anything prior to August 14th, I expect to get rejected.)
And that makes me nervous. Last week, I queried twenty-eight agents, some who have proven on querytracker.net that they are fast responders for positive and negative feedback. (I love this site and recommend it to anyone who is getting ready to query.) And I’ve only received one response. Usually, I try not to read into these things because there can and are a bazillion reasons as to the time it takes for them to respond. However, I’m sitting her scratching my head and wondering why only one out of twenty-eight has emailed me back. As an optimistic person, I’m thinking that there might be a chance I’m in the maybe pile. The ones that aren’t a definite yes or no answer and I think that is awesome because it’s step in the right direction.
What do you think, am I being too optimistic?
I think it makes sense to believe you are in the maybe pile when dealing with fast responders. Lots of the fast responses deal with either unintelligible queries, queries for things they don’t represent, or ones that are insane (I’m going to be the next J.K. Rowling!)
I am also in this situation, so let’s keep positive together!
Hey good luck to you and you’re right keeping positive is the best thing, but it is so hard to do. How many query letters have you sent?
Not many. Most of the agents I want, require a synopsis. Plus I’m revamping my query due to some feedback I got on a forum.
I hear ya. I seem to always be revamping my query letter.