tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post3512098127538146292..comments2024-03-29T05:54:33.136-04:00Comments on Authoress: February Secret Agent Early InfoAuthoresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09223228949688667517noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-67149300153366145272012-02-13T12:46:17.866-05:002012-02-13T12:46:17.866-05:00Thank you for offering these contests and your blo...Thank you for offering these contests and your blog. Really, you and Michael have a life outside this endeavor. Authoress opens so many doors for writers. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth - just sayin'!Adopted Goddesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16854988307087656003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-10297462659250545662012-02-13T10:32:45.749-05:002012-02-13T10:32:45.749-05:00Never a query -- just the first page.
That's ...Never a query -- just the first page.<br /><br />That's one of the beauties of the SA contests. Skip right to the writing! ;)Authoresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09223228949688667517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-51587639754275544962012-02-13T10:30:26.550-05:002012-02-13T10:30:26.550-05:00Authoress, I'm not sure if it's too late t...Authoress, I'm not sure if it's too late to ask this or not, but this is just the excerpt only, no query letter?Cortney Pearsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00774060537148628453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-21107780143516095132012-02-12T18:15:38.334-05:002012-02-12T18:15:38.334-05:00skywriter -- Yes, you did, and YAY for you!!
Meli...skywriter -- Yes, you did, and YAY for you!!<br /><br />Melinda -- I cancelled them because of the incredibly low response. And I keep forgetting to announce this. o_O<br /><br />FIzzbin -- There is absolutely no way to do that. For one thing, I have no control over how many entries come through for each genre. For another thing, what you are suggesting would be incredibly complex to program. Michael is amazing, but he does have a life outside of creating code for my contests. ;) <br /><br />Honestly? We can't control what people are writing and submitting, here or anywhere. The bottom line is that there are a lot more of my readers writing YA and MG than there are other genres. I didn't plan it that way, and I believe it's reflective of the market in general. <br /><br />Our lottery system is completely randomized and the only fair way to choose 50 entries when there is a large submission pool in a given amount of time. It's not perfect, but it's the best we can do.Authoresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09223228949688667517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-9246513576752827222012-02-12T18:11:32.753-05:002012-02-12T18:11:32.753-05:00DMcWild -- I don't know, but I doubt it.
KSZ7...DMcWild -- I don't know, but I doubt it.<br /><br />KSZ714 -- Go ahead and submit.<br /><br />Angela -- This is a tough call, and I'm leaving it up to you. Paranormal is not on this agent's "wish list", per se, but I would hesitate to say "no" to anything. Bottom line is, are you interested in the feedback, or are you interested in grabbing particular interest from this agent? That's what it boils down to. :)Authoresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09223228949688667517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-52867983475688687552012-02-11T07:26:51.805-05:002012-02-11T07:26:51.805-05:00Good luck to all the entrants. I was thinking of p...Good luck to all the entrants. I was thinking of putting my query out there, but might wait until next round. The bottom line is that I would not want an agnet to read my MS, it is not yet polished to the extent I would like it to be.Jo-Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15705983780352542190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-44018173162436772602012-02-09T15:56:31.606-05:002012-02-09T15:56:31.606-05:00Authoress, I appreciate the lottery idea but I was...Authoress, I appreciate the lottery idea but I was wondering if we could also ensure that all genres are represented so that there would be 10 slots for X Y and Z etc....Otherwise we will get another avalanche of YA - and while I love YA, I would like to see all the genres adequately represented.Fizzbinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-32853906582932680702012-02-09T13:12:57.034-05:002012-02-09T13:12:57.034-05:00Hi Authoress,
Whatever happened with the off-site...Hi Authoress,<br /><br />Whatever happened with the off-site critiques for the people who didn't make it in to the Baker's Dozen auction? After the first couple of groups, I never saw any more mention of it. I would've been in one of the later YA groups. Did I miss it?Melindanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-62817303096852284362012-02-09T12:07:52.650-05:002012-02-09T12:07:52.650-05:00The advantage of finally throwing in the towel and...The advantage of finally throwing in the towel and putting my book up on Kindle (http://tinyurl.com/7jqnl39 if anyone's interested) is that I'm finally out of the agent hunt. Until I'm done writing the next one, of course.<br /><br />Love these contests, btw.Steven J. Wangsnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14846516529180802046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-45464983947046028212012-02-09T10:46:43.730-05:002012-02-09T10:46:43.730-05:00Yay! Perfect timing, only 9 more pages to go on m...Yay! Perfect timing, only 9 more pages to go on my full revision. I finally read (and applied) SAVE THE CAT...didn't I read about that book here on your site? If so, thanks!Sarah Floydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11202671048418865629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-51054294221610948082012-02-09T03:06:26.709-05:002012-02-09T03:06:26.709-05:00This is absolutely awesom! Great work!This is absolutely awesom! Great work!dissertationshttp://dissertationmonster.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-63437914941246605762012-02-08T23:38:41.284-05:002012-02-08T23:38:41.284-05:00If mine is paranormal romance (it's a time tra...If mine is paranormal romance (it's a time travel romance) should I do this one or wait until another SA that might be happening later this Spring? I only ask because of the 6 month restriction, so I'd hate to enter if this agent wasn't that interested in that type of story and then next month the SA was all about that :) Thanks!Angela Quarleshttp://www.angelaquarles.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-51263413640163204392012-02-08T20:42:23.454-05:002012-02-08T20:42:23.454-05:00I have an adult narrative non-fiction completed ma...I have an adult narrative non-fiction completed manuscript. Does that fall within the guidelines of adult literary? Sorry, these new genre designations really confound me!KSZ714https://www.blogger.com/profile/00265130375228712819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-60260081084000629472012-02-08T19:57:12.924-05:002012-02-08T19:57:12.924-05:00One question I've always wanted to ask. Does t...One question I've always wanted to ask. Does the bot count the apostrophe for contractions and possessives for proper mouns as another word?Don McFatridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13554281247528998061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-42346905715495202812012-02-08T16:55:28.018-05:002012-02-08T16:55:28.018-05:00GhostStory -- I would go ahead and submit it.
Ano...GhostStory -- I would go ahead and submit it.<br /><br />Anon -- 250 actual words. My bot counts them. :) I actually set the word count at 255 to allow for completion of the final sentence. (And no questions are stupid!)Authoresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09223228949688667517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-66940973291636359142012-02-08T16:49:57.786-05:002012-02-08T16:49:57.786-05:00250 words as in actual 250 words or 250 words as i...250 words as in actual 250 words or 250 words as in one page (which is the formula often used as a guideline for the word count for a complete MS). Sorry if this is a stupid question or has been asked before ... I'm new here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-17702960858700389502012-02-08T15:26:47.624-05:002012-02-08T15:26:47.624-05:00I've classified my MS as paranormal women'...I've classified my MS as paranormal women's fiction. Is that open for entry or should I wait for a contest more genre specific. I've been on a roll with stupid questions lately for you'll have to forgive me :)GhostStorynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-78006629878389360642012-02-08T15:16:15.544-05:002012-02-08T15:16:15.544-05:00It does sneak up, doesn't it? I knew this was ...It does sneak up, doesn't it? I knew this was coming this month, just didn't know when. Thanks for posting!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07716190503345068698noreply@blogger.com