Query contest thingie-thing

[la_belle_laide]

So! I heard back from the agent who did the "no form rejections hour" just a little while ago. I guess I expected a huge big "this is wrong and that's wrong and so and so is wrong, and this is why I wasn't interested and here's how you can fix it."

But instead, a brief, polite, "While I'm looking for this genre, the story didn't grab me. Surely another agent will think differently."

I'm going to go ahead and take that as a good sign? Like maybe "not a bad query letter, just not up my alley" kinda thing? Yes, right? So, it's not such a bad thing, if that's what she meant.

And I was inordinately pleased with "Surely another agent will think differently." Surely, really? I hope she's right! I like "surely!"

In less meaningful news, last night I ate pizza, a pint of ice cream, and about a pound of raw cookie dough. I continued with this today and I feel like a blob. Sifu has promised to make me PAY tonight for my food sins. Cool. I want to work out tonight. ^_^

And, today while my Mom was at work, she saw Ms. Knifeback who I used to work with. She didn't acknowledge her. Oh man, how I'd love to run into her or Dr. Dickwhistle. Even better if they tried talking to me.

Oh, and I got another, smaller fish tank today and have it all set up. Tomorrow, after the filter's run for a while, I'm going to put Quatre and Kauru in there because they're being douchebags to Leon and Kenshin. I love the tank; it looks so peaceful, and I love the sound of the filter running in my living room. :)

Anyway, enough of that. Query letter! Not too bad, huh?

ETA: wait, unless she means that another agent will not be grabbed by the story, AND will hate the query? Like, she thinks the query isn't bad, but another agent will think differently? O_o;;

Ooohhhhh!

Comments

[shonagonchan.livejournal.com]

yeah, right? She was offering critiques; she would have said, "Oh boy, this doesn't work" if something really was wrong with it. In fact, come to think about it, she specified that she would tell us if something was really wrong.

:)