Comments on: Bring on the Rejection Letters http://www.girldetective.net/?p=418 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Sun, 17 May 2026 13:25:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: girldetective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=418&cpage=1#comment-3705 girldetective Mon, 09 Jan 2006 00:04:38 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=418#comment-3705 Good question, and one that I found out early on when I started taking workshops at the Loft Literary Center, which is a great resource for writers in the Twin Cities. Sending out multiple queries at once is not recommended. What a writer is trying to do is to establish a connection with an editor. Unless a writer states in the query letter that s/he has sent it to multiple publishers, the assumption by an editor that the query is exclusive. While it's time consuming to send, wait, send, it's the best way to forge a potential one-on-one relationship with an editor. Also, it's considered presumptuous by new, unpublished authors to send out multiple queries--it indicates a high level of confidence in one's book that is usually unwarranted in the crowded, competitive world of publishing. Good question, and one that I found out early on when I started taking workshops at the Loft Literary Center, which is a great resource for writers in the Twin Cities. Sending out multiple queries at once is not recommended. What a writer is trying to do is to establish a connection with an editor. Unless a writer states in the query letter that s/he has sent it to multiple publishers, the assumption by an editor that the query is exclusive. While it’s time consuming to send, wait, send, it’s the best way to forge a potential one-on-one relationship with an editor. Also, it’s considered presumptuous by new, unpublished authors to send out multiple queries–it indicates a high level of confidence in one’s book that is usually unwarranted in the crowded, competitive world of publishing.

]]> By: kirk http://www.girldetective.net/?p=418&cpage=1#comment-3703 kirk Fri, 06 Jan 2006 19:35:41 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=418#comment-3703 Good luck, GD(K)! Question: What is the constraint to sending a manuscript to, say, 10 publishers at once? Good luck, GD(K)!

Question: What is the constraint to sending a manuscript to, say, 10 publishers at once?

]]> By: V http://www.girldetective.net/?p=418&cpage=1#comment-3702 V Fri, 06 Jan 2006 16:44:19 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=418#comment-3702 Good luck! Good luck!

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