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Quote: Originally Posted by kellion92 Congratulations to Jennifer on her promotion from associate agent to agent! While I'm here, might as well ask a question. In your experience as an agent, do you usually have a lot of contact with editors about the books you submit prior to offers -- update that they like it, that they're headed to an acquisitions meeting, etc. -- or do offers usually come out of the blue? I'm sure it...

Quote: No, definitions of "jacket copy" do not vary. It's not an opinion. Both "blurb" and "jacket copy" are technical terms. A " blurb" is an endorsment, a statement of how good the novel is, whether taken from a review, or given by another writer, etc. "Jacket copy" is always the synopsis of the novel itself. It's on the inside dust jacket of...

Quote: Originally Posted by Cassiopeia you mean they don't even have the decency to answer you, sometimes? good christ! my ya that i shopped to about 50 agents last year...most of them didn't reply at all. __________________ ONTARIO WRITERS' CONFERENCE - MAY 1, 2010 ONLINE REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN. EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT UNTIL DEC 15/09. REGISTER NOW

Thank's again Titan. Hey I finally stumbled into the right thread? How the hell did I do that? Cheers.

Quote: Originally Posted by Judg Out of curiosity, Willie, who is your agent? Does he/she do genre? I'm with Anne McDermid & Assoc. Which genre? She's building a pretty robust spec fic list at this point, but, for her, it comes down to the books. She -- like all Canadian agents -- knows the market. IE, you can AND do get mysteries, sci fi, fantasy, etc, published in this country, quite regularly, but there isn't a genre...

I think you're right, popmuse. Look at it this way--if they're that unprofessional and rude, how well are they thought of by publishers? Methinks you had a few lucky escapes. Me too.

Quote: Originally Posted by MisterChris A synopsis is a brief overview of the entire plot of the novel, at least that's what I read over in QLH. It usually is a spoiler of the whole book, except in micro-brief (1 page or less). I think that unless the agent specifically requests a synopsis, the query letter should have enough in it, As Katie said, to show the final conflict without giving away any surprises in the ending. If the agent is...

Quote: Originally Posted by Mel A. Maybe so. In my experience, not only are response rates better, but so are request rates. My request rate was 50 percent with snail mail queries, which was a nice bit higher than with email ones. Maybe there are fewer writers querying the old-fashioned way, so the pool is smaller? I figured that too. It's a lot of work and expense, so I would assume a lot of writers have gone to e queries.

Thanks for posting this, Greg.

Congratulations to Jennifer on her promotion from associate agent to agent! While I'm here, might as well ask a question. In your experience as an agent, do you usually have a lot of contact with editors about the books you submit prior to offers -- update that they like it, that they're headed to an acquisitions meeting, etc. -- or do offers usually come out of the blue? I'm sure it happens both ways, but what is the ordinary...