Today I’m cross posting over at YA Outside the Lines. This month we are talking about how we read. It’s a fascinating topic and you should check out all the posts this month. To see mine…click HERE.
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Question: I remember reading about your foray into querying and how you took some time off to revamp part of Surface before you sent it to the amazing Michelle Wolfson who had requested a partial. I was wondering if you also were submitting it elsewhere to other agents/ publishers as well at that time? And if so, did you address this in your queries? Did you explain any time lapses in case it was being read by ppl in the industry who might have been familiar with your first submission effort and might be wondering why you were still querying the same book almost a year(?)later? Sometimes things happen (illness, death in the family, rewrites) and a submission gets put on hold or halted for a while, how do you suggest handling this in a query? Do you admit an illness and/or death stopped you in your tracks? Should you admit you put out a query for a book that wasn’t ready? How would you word this to denote strength rather than weakness that might make an agent or publisher wonder about your commitment and stamina for future projects and deadlines?
Thanks. 🙂
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