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Writing

MorningGlow

(15,758 posts) Tue Dec 20, 2011, 07:51 PM Dec 2011

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By the numbers: 1 / 6 / 105 / 3 / 3 / 0 [View all]

1 completed MS (women's fiction)
6 months
105 queries to agents
3 requests for partials
3 requests for fulls
0 offers of representation (but a LOT of praise)

And a whole lotta this:

I sure wish my talents lay elsewhere. Nuclear science, say...or banking...

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By the numbers: 1 / 6 / 105 / 3 / 3 / 0 [View all] MorningGlow Dec 2011 OP

The physical book market is getting tighter, especially with the demise of book stores. HopeHoops Dec 2011 #1

Ain't that the truth MorningGlow Dec 2011 #2

I went through the same things before I went indie. nolabear Dec 2011 #3

I'm not against it! MorningGlow Dec 2011 #4

You'd have to market anyway onlyadream Dec 2011 #5

Yeah, I was hoping for professional guidance at least MorningGlow Dec 2011 #6

An author that I know onlyadream Jan 2012 #7

My numbers are similar sybylla Jan 2012 #8

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