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Early into writing my novels, I queried somewhere around 80 agents. One, maybe 2 or 3, answered. Of those, only one sounded like it came from a real person. When I say reply, I mean the all said no. None offered whys or advice for how to improve my submissions.
Many drafts later, here I am, trying again. I’ve made a list of possible appropriate agents that I keep adding to. Along the way of continually honing my query letter and researching agents, it appears that a lot of the biggies — which I’m approaching first, because why not? — vacation during August. For that reason, at the present moment I’m gathering info, writing letters, and filing info to email in September. Yes, wondering whether agents are overwhelmed in September by the backlog from August is among my nightmares, but there’s no way…
