Comments on: (Possibly) Bad Advice I’ve Heard Lately

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By: cassandrajade

cassandrajade — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:35:27 +0000

>Thanks for sharing this advice. It is quite difficult sometimes with one website telling you one thing and the next saying something else entirely. I try to read every bit of advice and then use logic and common sense to figure out which bits of advice to follow, though I guess that doesn't always work. Some good points raised in the comments as well.

By: Danica/Dream

Danica/Dream — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:24:10 +0000

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By: Rachelle

Rachelle — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:06:17 +0000

>Stargazer: If an agent or editor told you one thing, and your critique group told you something else, who should you listen to?

On the question of whether to mention it's been professionally edited, you're never going to find a "general" answer that works across the board because it's a subjective issue. However, I'd err on the side of leaving it out. Too often, I read manuscripts that have supposedly been "professionally edited," and there are a ton of things wrong with them. So I, like most agents, have learned to ignore the fact that you've hired an editor. Also, I end up thinking, "Sheesh, if it's this bad after an editor, I wonder how bad it was before editing?" No, it doesn't help you.

By: authorphilipkledzik

authorphilipkledzik — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:55:38 +0000

>I'm enjoying the blog and advice. I've pulished twice with a print on demand publisher, not my first choice, but that is what happened. I sent queries for my second novel to many agents, maybe about 30. It was a lot of work. I probably only heard back from about 7 and the last one wrote back after my book had been published and already into a dozen libraries. I'm hoping to be a little more patient with my third novel and hopefully I'll receive some positive replies by agents as it is a different genre. Thanks for the advice!
Philip Kledzik
http://www.authorphilipkledzik.books.officelive.com

By: stargazer

stargazer — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:49:35 +0000

>Thank you, Rachelle, for all your sage advice!

I recently read on a blog that it does no good to mention that a manuscript has been professionally critiqued, that it can actually create a negative view. There are members of my critique group, however, who insist it's important to mention it. How do agents in general feel about them?

By: Kelly H-Y

Kelly H-Y — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:33:08 +0000

>Great advice, as usual! Thanks for the post!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:35:08 +0000

>One thing I find odd: While reading agents/publishers blogs, they sometimes mention that God told/led them to do this/that. Yet I've repeatedly seen the same group arrogantly say that one way for sure rejection is to say "God told me to write this book".
I would think anyone making that claim would deserve just as fair consideration of their work as the next one. After all, what if God did tell them to write a book, yet didn't tell them how to publish it, and was allowing agents/publishers to make choices.

By: behlerblog

behlerblog — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:33:32 +0000

>100% of the editors said they found the full proposal very helpful.

Rachelle, even though we've never met, you are my new best friend. I love full proposals on novels and ask for them all the time.

I had an agent tell me that I was an idiot for wanting a full proposal on her client's novel. I intimated that she was probably an idiot for querying me.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:46:49 +0000

>"However, since most people use Word which defaults to Times Roman..."

FYI: Starting with Word 2007, the default font for Word is now Calibri, not TNR.