Rejection #8

Dear Author,

Thank you very much for your query. After reviewing it, we have decided it's not right for our agency. We wish you all the best in your publishing endeavors.

Sincerely,
Agent

Got this after coming in out of the water and just went, whatever. That's what being in the ocean does to you. It mellows. Or that could just be pure exhaustion. Still, whatever. 8 more to respond to the query, two to the full, and if nothing comes back in my favor, it's on to the next batch.

On the first book, I queried 22 agents. 2 wanted to see more (ultimately rejected), 1 wrote me a letter asking me to re-query after her office was destroyed in Hurricane Katrina (I never got around to it), and the rest were rejections. There were several more agents I had planned to query but by then I was in the middle of the next book and decided the first one needed some changes before I sent it out again. I'm the kind of writer who doesn't bounce around. I pretty much stick to what I'm working on until it's finished. So my plan was to finish the second book and fix the first one when I was ready. Now I'm on number 3 and that's where it's at right now.

Writer's Tip: Don't believe what they say.