Comments on: When to Query http://beckylevine.com/2008/12/16/when-to-query/ Moving Forward on the Writing Path Sun, 27 May 2012 16:18:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: beckylevine http://beckylevine.com/2008/12/16/when-to-query/#comment-247 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:59:43 +0000 http://beckylevine.com/?p=337#comment-247 Andra–thanks!

That last part is the hardest to push ourselves to but, in some ways, the most amazing part of revision–it’s when things just get clean and beautiful and polished! Everything comes together. Good luck!

]]> By: beckylevine http://beckylevine.com/2008/12/16/when-to-query/#comment-246 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:53:35 +0000 http://beckylevine.com/?p=337#comment-246 free2cr8–thanks! Fingers crossed. There’s always a judgement call and a gut feeling, but I think those extra passes and lots of feedback are necessary. :)

]]> By: Andra M. http://beckylevine.com/2008/12/16/when-to-query/#comment-245 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:38:21 +0000 http://beckylevine.com/?p=337#comment-245 Congrats also on the submissions.

A book is never complete, but merely as complete as our current writing ability will allow.

It seems there is always more to learn.

Your last suggestion is what I’m working on now. Hopefully they’ll all be addressed before I attend a writers conference in February.

Keep us apprised about your queries!

]]> By: beckylevine http://beckylevine.com/2008/12/16/when-to-query/#comment-244 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:36:42 +0000 http://beckylevine.com/?p=337#comment-244 Gottawrite Girl–

The restraint IS the hard part! Hang in there.

]]> By: free2cr8 http://beckylevine.com/2008/12/16/when-to-query/#comment-243 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:12:09 +0000 http://beckylevine.com/?p=337#comment-243 Congrats on your submissions. Love the checklist too. I’m nowhere near complete. But, it’s nice to know what I should be doing to make sure that my manuscript is truly completed and ready to be let loose.

]]> By: Gottawrite Girl http://beckylevine.com/2008/12/16/when-to-query/#comment-242 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:56:38 +0000 http://beckylevine.com/?p=337#comment-242 Oh lordie, I know the right thing to do is wait until the ms is completely finished, but OH what restraint!

Thanks for posting, Becky, very informative!

]]> By: beckylevine http://beckylevine.com/2008/12/16/when-to-query/#comment-241 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:49:09 +0000 http://beckylevine.com/?p=337#comment-241 Thanks, Mary-Frances,

I understand everybody’s (including mine) need to test out what they’re writing, but I just don’t think that’s the way it works. I think good agents really want to see our work, as strong as we can make it.

]]> By: beckylevine http://beckylevine.com/2008/12/16/when-to-query/#comment-240 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:44:25 +0000 http://beckylevine.com/?p=337#comment-240 Thanks, Sue!

]]> By: Mary-Frances Makichen http://beckylevine.com/2008/12/16/when-to-query/#comment-239 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 07:43:34 +0000 http://beckylevine.com/?p=337#comment-239 Becky,
You’re giving some great advice here. I was at a conference last year and there were writers pitching to agents even though their books were no where near being done. They said that wanted to see if the agents liked the concept of the book. If the agents didn’t, the writers were going to change what they were writing. I think the guidelines you’ve offered in this post are excellent.

]]> By: Sue http://beckylevine.com/2008/12/16/when-to-query/#comment-238 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:51:51 +0000 http://beckylevine.com/?p=337#comment-238 Good luck!

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