2 posts tagged “query”

So I've been mailing out query letters for my novel, and the rejections have started to roll in. Totally expected, of course.  I've read the stories of Stephen King and his nail full of them and everything.  "You're a real writer now," my friends say.  And truly, I've only sent out like 6 queries and gotten 2 rejections, both from agents way out of my league.

Still - kinda sucks, I gotta say.  Yes, yes, yes, I realize that I've got dozens (hundreds?) of more queries and rejections to go.  Can't a guy indulge the occasional fantasy of being the asshole that gets lucky before he deserves it?

Good news is that it just makes me want to write more, so I've got that going for me.  More letters, more stories, more coffee!

I just sent out the first query letter to the dream agent (well, the only dream agent that accepts unsolicited queries), and I can now start trying to get this book published in earnest.

Of course, thanks to my local post office, I'm querying a hardboiled crime novel with fucking flower stamps, but c'est la vie.