tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578521191718283215.post3885554833935713203..comments2023-09-20T06:41:03.597-05:00Comments on Kidlit Junkie Tells All!: Those Fancy Credentials Don't Matter MuchKidlitjunkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10604118327281275181noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578521191718283215.post-44361823897458300482007-11-05T12:48:00.000-05:002007-11-05T12:48:00.000-05:00Kidlit Junkie,I hope you go back to blogging. Your...Kidlit Junkie,<BR/>I hope you go back to blogging. Your words have helped me and many other writers. <BR/>Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578521191718283215.post-12604687383292518692007-10-16T16:14:00.000-05:002007-10-16T16:14:00.000-05:00Beverly,I am not sure I understand what you’re ask...Beverly,<BR/><BR/>I am not sure I understand what you’re asking. How do you know that they are impressed by your query? Did they tell you that in a personal rejection letter?<BR/><BR/>I personally am really careful when it comes to what I request, because if I request something, I am going to read it, and if I reject it, I’ll write a personal rejection letter. And I have so little time! Right now I have no less than four manuscripts that I requested sitting unopened on my desk, just waiting for me to have a little free time. I feel really bad making their authors wait, but I just haven’t had a chance to get to them yet! So unless something really jumps out at me, I am not going to add to the growing pile of guilt. (Which is to say, make your query jump out at me! Not literally, that would give me a heart attack. But make it interest me enough that I need to find out more. I really do want to notice the good stuff when I’m slogging through the slush.)<BR/><BR/>As for your second question, hiring an agent is free, until your book sells. The agent only gets paid when you’re paid. If an agent is asking you for money up front right now, then you’re dealing with a loser agent. But a real, decent agent takes a cut of the money your book makes. Right now, your book is making no money. It will most likely continue to make no money, unless you get a good agent. So I suggest you revisit the idea of an agent. A good agent can only help.<BR/><BR/>I don’t know what you mean by your final question. I’m an editorial assistant. I’m on the publishing side of things. I can tell you what I did when I was a beginner in publishing, but I don’t think that’s what you want to know.Kidlitjunkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10604118327281275181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578521191718283215.post-87711072203949634972007-10-14T10:36:00.000-05:002007-10-14T10:36:00.000-05:00I am a graduate of ICL and you are very right abou...I am a graduate of ICL and you are very right about, that they don't care about our credentials, but that if we can even write a great story<BR/>Why are there so many publishers that won't even ask for my mss, even if they are impressed with my query?<BR/>It is too expensive for someone like me to even hire an agent.<BR/>What did you do when you were a beginner?<BR/>Thanks,<BR/>Beverly<BR/>bjboisen@willex.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578521191718283215.post-9414962918242734942007-08-14T17:45:00.000-05:002007-08-14T17:45:00.000-05:00Thanks, KLJ, well said!FWIW, I took the ICL course...Thanks, KLJ, well said!<BR/><BR/>FWIW, I took the ICL course and felt it DID improve my writing, and it taught me a lot about the market as well.LindaBudzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09290094983584931044noreply@blogger.com