tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post9061009231445543514..comments2024-03-18T09:09:59.625-04:00Comments on Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Query question: requerying after major revisionsJanet Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-33412199883240526982014-11-04T18:07:59.948-05:002014-11-04T18:07:59.948-05:00This is so helpful. I queried my first novel (I di...This is so helpful. I queried my first novel (I did it cautiously and only sent out about a dozen) and got some requests and each one came back as a pass. I took a hard look and decided to do what amounts to a full rewrite. Good to know I can drop those agents a line asking if they might like to see the new stuff.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04774598145437744371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-41624246086208415372014-05-05T11:24:44.728-04:002014-05-05T11:24:44.728-04:00That's all great news! It's nice to know I...That's all great news! It's nice to know I don't have to find a new group of agents to requery, just because of a delayed "lightbulb!" Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04951853393210202824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-78273204373542519642014-05-01T20:08:17.073-04:002014-05-01T20:08:17.073-04:00What would constitute a major revision? I had POV ...What would constitute a major revision? I had POV issues (head hopping) and have straightened them out entirely. I've also done a lot of work on my plot and character GMCs. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02393866633203329419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-84609996655634449772014-05-01T19:40:22.598-04:002014-05-01T19:40:22.598-04:00Sometimes, the advice here, while it's fantast...Sometimes, the advice here, while it's fantastic, comes larded with the cruelest temptations. How badly I want to query someone and call them Snookums now ...<br /><br />Presumably best not tried with a Shark!DLMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08768285199864217885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-71479698056972876092014-05-01T12:28:21.372-04:002014-05-01T12:28:21.372-04:00Good to know--thank you! I had some agent feedback...Good to know--thank you! I had some agent feedback on a literary novel I wrote ("too quiet"), so I chopped 150 pages and am revising it to be a bit, well, louder. Glad to know I can reach out again if lightning strikes.Jenni Wiltzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02661050256535845651noreply@blogger.com