Once you've established a relationship with your agent, then you can tell him/her. But in the meantime, zip it! Making that "true confessions" statement smacks of AMATEUR, AMATEUR! REJECT! REJECT! and guarantees your query a quick trip to delete-ville.
Friday, September 4, 2009
Query mistake: "This is my first manuscript"
Do not ever, ever, ever, ever make the comment, “this is my first novel.” Write it so well it won’t matter if you have written 100 novels or zero. Everybody has to start somewhere, including J.K. Rowlings (Harry Potter). She had no writing background when she sold her first book. What she had (and still has) is tremendous talent and determination to tell her stories to the world.
Once you've established a relationship with your agent, then you can tell him/her. But in the meantime, zip it! Making that "true confessions" statement smacks of AMATEUR, AMATEUR! REJECT! REJECT! and guarantees your query a quick trip to delete-ville.
Once you've established a relationship with your agent, then you can tell him/her. But in the meantime, zip it! Making that "true confessions" statement smacks of AMATEUR, AMATEUR! REJECT! REJECT! and guarantees your query a quick trip to delete-ville.
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