querying

  1. TMSellers

    Querying is a struggle for reasons I didn't expect.

    I recently started querying my fantasy novel trilogy. Or the first book in the series anyway. This is my first time querying a novel specifically. Honestly, it has been a mostly positive experience for me so far. I have gotten 3 rejections of the 20 I've submitted, but that has not gotten me...
  2. TMSellers

    Howdy!

    Hello from Taiwan! I'm Terrence. Though I'm originally from Los Angeles and studied screenwriting at the University of Pennsylvania, I haven't lived in the US for nearly a decade. I work in tech marketing, which has allowed me to gain a great many creative professional experiences including...
  3. EvilWizardLizard

    Hello! New member!

    Hello all! I'm Yakira and I'm a new member! I'm a writer of all things YA fantasy, and am currently querying three novels. I've had one novel published, but due to complications, I am searching for a new agent to help me through the hurdles of publishing once again! Other than that, I've had...
  4. MorganSloan

    Hello, all!

    Hey, everybody! I'm Jo Morgan Sloan. I go my Jo in my day-to-day, and Morgan is my pen name. I'm querying three fiction novels at this time, rewriting a seven-book fanfiction series, and I also write nonfiction essays and poetry. I was fortunate enough to be published last year in Drunk Monkeys...
  5. mjlyonswrites

    Happy New Year, and hello!

    Hi everyone! I'm MJ, writer and game dev from Toronto. Found the site through the Twitter Pitch Party calendar, and always excited to connect with other writers! In terms of where I'm at with some semblance of a writing career, I'm currently querying agents with a new queer YA romance I...
  6. SarahMBeth

    Summary vs Synopsis

    So this may be the silliest thread you've ever seen, I would accept that. But someone, help me out here. I can't seem to nail down the difference between a summary and a synopsis. Google had only gotten me so far, and each website seems to have a different opinion on how to write each. I ask...
  7. nea4478

    Newbie here!

    Hey guys, just wanted to pop in and say hi. Just found SavvyAuthors with their Spring Wow'Em contest (which I've already entered as well). Trying to get a literary agent and querying my butt off, it seems. Hope the contest goes well for me and everyone else out there. XD