Sentences with phrase «one's first query»

Is anyone comfortable sharing the time between first query letter sent and acceptance by an agent?

My husband suggests setting a «query by» date, a solid point in time when I would send out that first query letter and hide under the bed.

Richard Alley of Penn State, who'd been on the road when first queried, just sent this cogent and helpful analysis of the new Holocene temperature reconstruction:

Authors can submit to Baen through its online slush pile without first querying and without having an agent.

I and my author friends had been down that road before and I knew that even if I was successful, the minimum time it would take from first query to finished product was 18 months, and as a first time author it would more likely take two years.

But one of the agents in my very first query group, Harvey Klinger, asked to see the first few chapters three hours after I sent my query letter.

To this end, retailers should first query customers on breed, size, and need / use, says Haas.

This involves first querying dozens of media contacts with a press release, asking whether they want a review copy, interview, or excerpt.

Gromet and colleagues from Wharton and Duke University's Fuqua School of Business first queried 657 volunteers to find out whether their opinions on energy - efficient products were split along a political divide.

(19) The first question in matters religious (maybe the second: the first queries are always epistemological) is: What constitutes ultimate religious authority?

When I first queried this with the powers - that - be at CCHQ last week I was told that the agenda was due to be published on Thursday afternoon, but nothing has materialised.

Thinking that I might have a hot story to write about that would reveal something deeply wrong with current cosmological models, I first queried California Institute of Technology cosmologist Kip S. Thorne, who assured me that the discrepancy was merely a problem in the current estimates of the age of the universe and that it would resolve itself in time with more data and better dating techniques.

Perhaps your first query in how to flirt online is how to let someone know that you are attracted to them without the use of body language?

I'll edit my response to answer your first query

You need to consider yourself successful when you finish your first novel, send your first query, self - publish your first book, write your first blogpost, get your first royalty check, etc..

I'm almost ashamed to admit that when I sent my first query to literary agents, several responded, asking me what my platform was.

That's the math if my first querying attempt nets a manuscript request which leads to agent love.

Writers might recognize their first finished draft, first query sent, first contest final, first offer of representation, etc..

Many, many writers had to work up the courage to send out their first story to beta readers or their first query to agents.

I'll definitely make use of it as I continue to revise my novel and dive into writing my first query letter.

The world of writing is challenging, but in the same way that you get to the end of your first chapter, you can get to the end of your first query letter; to the end of your draft; to the end of your manuscript formatting; and to the start of your publishing contract.

The first query letter I submitted was two single spaced pages of dense paragraphs.

Very best of luck to all you brave writers who face writing and submitting your first query letter.

Sending out your first query letter is tantamount to opening your trenchcoat and exposing yourself in public.

Wish this blog had been up way back when I had sent out my first queries...

Michelle, take solace that your first query was not like the one an agent got that began, «Please bear with me as I have trouble putting my thoughts into words.»

One of the first queries was about how comiXology would be working with Apple's latest tablet.

I just sent out my first query to five agents last month, and I'm ready to revise.

The reason for that is because, inevitably, the first query letter that you write, no matter how much you love it, is probably not going to be good enough.

I'm a week or two away from starting on my first query letter to send to agents, so this will be helpful material!

One of the hardest things for me was crafting that first query.

Pitches that have fallen flat for me include, «I like the authors you represent, so I am making you the guinea pig for my first query for my new book.»

The first query asks, «Why does Mario have nipples, however no stomach button?»

He first queried whether existing rights under the Directive (the right to erasure and blocking of data in Article 12 (b) and the right to object in Article 14 (a)-RRB- enable an individual to prevent the indexing by internet search engines of potentially prejudicial personal information available on third part webpages [102].

Our first query went to Vision Government Solutions, a leading supplier of land management software technology and services to local government organizations, enabling efficient assessment, billing, collections, mapping, and permitting.