In a recent blog post, author Allison Winn Scotch tackled one of the toughest questions facing aspiring writers: should you ever re-query after an agent?
Here’s an excerpt from her blog post: “if in your heart of hearts, you think that Agent X will fall in love with it and may have overlooked it in her slush pile, I suppose it doesn’t hurt to retry. (But I would do so with very few agents.) As for those you never heard back from? Well, I’d just query them as if it’s your first time. They may not have really read your query very closely, and I doubt that it will be remembered such that they’ll find you annoying or pushy.”
Scotch (pictured, via) also suggested that authors don’t attempt to re-query an agent if the first was sent less than six months before–because revisions require a lot of time and effort. What do the agents in the audience think?
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Did you have a book published in 2010? Then please read second part of this post.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY reports that Marcia Wernick and Linda Pratt have left
the Sheldon Fogelman Agency to start their own firm, Wernick & Pratt.
They will represent children’s authors and illustrators working on books for every age level, but do not represent authors of adult books.
They are interested in both published and unpublished people who are seriously committed to a long term career in the children’s book industry. They say, “We feel that while it is a matter of our individual tastes and appeal, our quality standards are highly selective in offering representation. We take on only a limited number of new clients each year. We are most interested in people who both write and illustrate in the picture book genre, humorous young chapter books with strong voice, and unique and compelling middle grade/YA novels, both literary and commercial. We are not interested in picture book manuscripts of more than 1000 words, mood pieces, or work specifically targeted to the educational market.”
They receive hundreds of submissions, and do their best to respond within 10 weeks.
Submissions are accepted via e-mail only. Here are their guidelines:
*Please send us your contact information, including your email address, your mailing address and your telephone number. Please also indicate if you were referred to us, and by whom.
*Please indicate if this is an exclusive or non-exclusive submission. We prefer exclusive submissions for at least 1 month, but it is not a requirement for submission.
*Please include a brief synopsis of your work of no more than 1 page, your background, including any publishing history, and if you have any other work available for consideration.
*If you are a novelist, please include the first three (3) chapters of the work and a synopsis; please do not submit the entire work or include chapters from more than one work unless specifically requested.
*If you are a picture book writer, please include two (2) manuscripts; please do not submit any additional manuscripts unless specifically requested.
*If you are an illustrator, please include PDF samples of your work, as well as a link to your website, or to a portfolio of your work. Please do not send any original artwork as we do not assume any responsibility for original artwork that is submitted.
*Please send all submissions to [email protected], and please indicate if you are submitting to Marcia Wernick or Linda Pratt.
CONGRATULATIONS, Marcia and Linda! Wishing you much luck!
Just wanted to make sure you knew that you have ONE WEEK left to enter any 2010 publication in our all-new SCBWI Crystal Kite Member Choice Awards Competition. Any first-run book for young readers published by a PAL publisher in the 2010 calendar year is eligible for the award.
How to Enter
All you need to do is log in to your SCBWI Member Profile, enter your book information on the “Publications” tab, and make sure that you’ve clicked the box that reads “Yes, I would like to submit this publication for Crystal Kite Awards nomination.”
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