[stylist] Agent questions

[Judith Bron]

I've never been presumptive enough to assume that a publisher wants to read 
a sample chapter or any other part of the manuscript.  Send them the query 
and they will answer.  Just don't count on a lot of positive responses. 
This is the business.  Judith
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tamara Smith-Kinney" <tamara.8024 at comcast.net>
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 4:37 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] Agent questions


> Judith,
>
> Good clarification.  If the query letter includes a sample chapter, is it
> still a query one can send to multiple publishers, or does that make it a
> submission?
>
> Tami Smith-Kinney
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Judith Bron
> Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 7:42 AM
> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Agent questions
>
> Since a query is simply an introduction to your work that gives the reader 
> a
>
> feel for the manuscript, it is not a submission.  A submission would be 
> when
>
> the publisher gets back to you requesting either the manuscript or a few
> chapters.  Everyone knows that a query is simply another way of asking, 
> "Do
> you want to read my work?"  You can ask that question to as many people as
> you want.  Judith
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Justin Williams" <justin.williams2 at gmail.com>
> To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 3:31 AM
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Agent questions
>
>
> I guess you could send mutilple queries right?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of LoriStay at aol.com
> Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 1:18 PM
> To: stylist at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Agent questions
>
> Some publishers would not accept simultaneous submissions, but I don't
> think a query letter counts as a submission.
> Lori
> In a message dated 4/24/09 11:34:47 AM, justin.williams2 at gmail.com writes:
>
>
>> Whould you do that with books or articles? I have heard publishers don't
>> like that all the time, and you can possibly mess your-self up. Of
>> course,
>> you wouldn't tell anyone what you were doing?
>>
>
>
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