tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post933304321659865615..comments2024-03-18T09:09:59.625-04:00Comments on Janet Reid, Literary Agent: What you need before you queryJanet Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-48669498675863877662010-07-30T15:26:33.167-04:002010-07-30T15:26:33.167-04:00Thanks and Bless You Janet for posting this in its...Thanks and Bless You Janet for posting this in its very EASY to read format. Now no one has an excuse not to know what your guidelines stipulate.<br />Ahhhh...closed until Sept 1...enjoy your vacation...<br />thanks.<br /><br />Rhyanna<br />Doesn't school start about sep 26?Rhyannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01949817449650365523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-29100466731031483182010-07-08T04:35:29.299-04:002010-07-08T04:35:29.299-04:00Hi Janet,
I want to thank you so much for this bl...Hi Janet,<br /><br />I want to thank you so much for this blog! I only sent out one query so far and wish I would have found your blog before that. Ugh... I am sure I will end up with a rejection now, but at least I have learned! <br /><br />When you are talking about having a blog, I just started one through here and am wondering if you are looking for people dicussing writing, or can it be anything we feel passionate about?<br /><br />Thanks!Giggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02629926765983764711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-72575917674904150892010-06-29T18:53:55.084-04:002010-06-29T18:53:55.084-04:00Should you still have a website if you're writ...Should you still have a website if you're writing under a psuedonym? For example, what if you have the same name as an already published author? <br /><br />I hear that sometimes psuedonyms change based on publisher's opinions, or they may even change at the agent level. I think it might throw some people off to read the blog of Jane Doe for a year only to have her say, "Just kidding. My name is now Francesca Murphy." <br /><br />And Jessica Faust says you should maintain your psuedonym on all your correspondance and so forth. <br /><br />So what to do? <br /><br />Also, if someone is writing under a psuedonym, do you want them to query you with that name, or with their given name? <br /><br />What about if the given name is the name of a published author? <br /><br />I know some agents google the names of authors, so wouldn't that trip a new author up?Summer Springhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00066312535530497637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-71622336884769077412010-05-22T21:57:04.127-04:002010-05-22T21:57:04.127-04:00Janet, this is great. Very concise, very helpful, ...Janet, this is great. Very concise, very helpful, very easily digested. thanks a bunch. I'm going to recommend this on my own blog.<br />Cheers.<br />Tristan<br />www.dechalain1615.blogspot.comTristan de Chalainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12273671010087938027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-56030141865689451132010-02-10T18:15:42.889-05:002010-02-10T18:15:42.889-05:00This is great, thank you! Can I ask a supplementar...This is great, thank you! Can I ask a supplementary stupid question (SSQ) - what if the book I am working on is part memoir, part non-fiction (i.e incorporates factual stuff alongside my own story)? You're going to say write it first, aren't you? Would so love a contract first, especially as there are similar books out there... but will plough on!diane shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13034585150659005699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-47771589136105974462010-01-27T09:55:33.047-05:002010-01-27T09:55:33.047-05:00Thanks for the checklist.Thanks for the checklist.Carol Silvishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14782238478160905171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-69984526107845952052010-01-26T15:16:45.581-05:002010-01-26T15:16:45.581-05:00Very helpful info! Thanks a million.Very helpful info! Thanks a million.Karen Jordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11656842790225221535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-20751685150728126762010-01-23T13:23:31.868-05:002010-01-23T13:23:31.868-05:00Thanks for the great information. I just sent an e...Thanks for the great information. I just sent an email to my writer's group with a link to the post.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01403714167201265834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-59048266385677646412010-01-21T20:36:28.701-05:002010-01-21T20:36:28.701-05:00@Graceful: A "dedicated query/author email?&q...@Graceful: A "dedicated query/author email?" means an e-mail address that you set up and control exclusively that is used for no other purpose than communicating about your literary work.Deep Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03965323059416105131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-32333493049977312862010-01-20T17:47:08.021-05:002010-01-20T17:47:08.021-05:00I'm not sure I agree that a novelist shouldn&#...I'm not sure I agree that a novelist shouldn't have a marketing plan. I've been teaching writers about marketing for the past year or so. When I mention what goes into a good marketing campaign, I get a "deer in the headlights" look. Stunned. Startled. "What I have to ask people to buy my book????"<br /><br />Trust me, "if we build it, they will come" worked for <i>Field of Dreams</i>, but not for anyone else. Besides FOD had a heck of a marketing plan/budget.Betsy Ashtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06871010122475160477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-71548699634497708822010-01-20T17:29:42.276-05:002010-01-20T17:29:42.276-05:00Wish I'd read this before I'd queried!
B...Wish I'd read this before I'd queried! <br /><br />But one question...and sorry I'm slow on this...what is a "dedicated query/author email?" An email address that just goes to me....or some sort of "special" email address? <br /><br />Thanks,<br />MichelleMichelle DeRushahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07658349105535790020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-40338119245011721462010-01-20T17:04:59.509-05:002010-01-20T17:04:59.509-05:00You've done it again - thank you!
Ricki Schul...You've done it again - thank you!<br /><br />Ricki Schultz<br />www.rickischultz.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-65225330439878647732010-01-20T16:25:35.042-05:002010-01-20T16:25:35.042-05:00Great checklist. Thanks! I'd add that you need...Great checklist. Thanks! I'd add that you need to put your name into Google's search engine and make sure that YOU come up on the first page of searches. Try to make it all 10.Rachelle Christensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05522589944408062365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-45494253848395563542010-01-20T16:16:50.802-05:002010-01-20T16:16:50.802-05:00I'd agree that a Twitter account does -not- co...I'd agree that a Twitter account does -not- count as a website (it's too fleeting, and may not be very representative if you engage in a lot of topical conversations, friendly chatter etc.)<br /><br />However, as far as I know you -can- view a person's Twitter account without being a signed-in member (unlike Facebook. I detest people who just assume "everyone's on FB") unless the person has protected their updates of course. Just thought I'd point that out. =)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-26911993885872204922010-01-20T13:36:27.322-05:002010-01-20T13:36:27.322-05:00I ask this in all seriousness: does an active twit...I ask this in all seriousness: does an active twitter account with a decent following count as a web page?Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01920175688407593776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-32836380608963769642010-01-20T09:22:12.142-05:002010-01-20T09:22:12.142-05:00This is cool. I think it should be on the cover of...This is cool. I think it should be on the cover of books like "Guide to Literary Agents." But I also think you need a category that says something like, "You know the difference between fiction and nonfiction, and you know better than to call your ms a nonfiction novel or a fictional novel."Miranda Kenneallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04240264706064014173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-30561965985153357502010-01-19T21:06:39.829-05:002010-01-19T21:06:39.829-05:00Janet,
Would you say you definitely need a synops...Janet,<br /><br />Would you say you definitely need a synopsis before querying? I've heard that agents only really ask for a synopsis before sample pages if the author is already established and they want to see what the work is about. I'm personally having a hell of a time writing mine, but I don't want to voyage into the world of querying without one if it's an absolute necessity. Would you say it is?<br /><br />Thanks for your time if you had enough to answer this question!Jourdan Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07888870902246440629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-48061672581939113642010-01-19T19:50:32.736-05:002010-01-19T19:50:32.736-05:00Once again an easy to follow, short and to the poi...Once again an easy to follow, short and to the point post on a relevant question. I like reading the comments that follow almost as much. And I didn't know you had a post on websites. I will check that out.Lydia Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15269369652743690212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-37816532508243176692010-01-19T19:26:58.965-05:002010-01-19T19:26:58.965-05:00Thank you! This list is awesome :)Thank you! This list is awesome :)Jemi Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02214408467456320167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-32645546937795192272010-01-19T18:35:40.910-05:002010-01-19T18:35:40.910-05:00Lost Wanderer, I think blog counts as website. You...Lost Wanderer, I think blog counts as website. You just need some internet presence so that, if Agent of Your Dreams needs contact information or wants to learn more about you, she (or he) has a place to go.Krista Van Dolzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08830193414560232842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-13976568104472080542010-01-19T15:07:28.748-05:002010-01-19T15:07:28.748-05:00I also had the question about website. Blog I can ...I also had the question about website. Blog I can understand, but as an unpublished author, there isn't a great deal to put on the website. Off to read the post Janet referenced.Dollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08144739453424963436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-915532715441293582010-01-19T14:58:37.381-05:002010-01-19T14:58:37.381-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Keith Popelyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414205709400912353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-43281112613293920512010-01-19T14:01:19.175-05:002010-01-19T14:01:19.175-05:00Hi Janet,
I've read the post you referenced ab...Hi Janet,<br />I've read the post you referenced above and I notice in it you say BLOG. So we don't need a www.authorsname.com then? A blog will do the trick?Abby Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06630840834227330806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-20007289893115868612010-01-19T12:45:18.961-05:002010-01-19T12:45:18.961-05:00"Cam, there's a whole post dedicated to w..."Cam, there's a whole post dedicated to why you need a website before you query."<br /><br />I remember reading that post. But I'm glad you added the link, because I was wondering about the website thing, too.<br /><br />I don't have an official writer's website and I may never have one. But I do have a daily updated blog, with contact info that's easy to find...thanks to your post about being reachable. It makes a difference.ryan fieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13361694356025572544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-54293014308848624602010-01-19T12:08:09.519-05:002010-01-19T12:08:09.519-05:00Great no frills advice!!!!Great no frills advice!!!!Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17401931638397651614noreply@blogger.com