Is it okay to double dip?

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Thu, 02/04/2010 - 1:49am

JLPenn

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For those of you out there who have had the unique pleasure of receiving numerous agent rejections, I am wondering what happens when you actually run out of agents to query. Is it okay to go back and re-query agents if you change your query? It hasn't happened to me yet but I'm just curious since no matter how optimistic I might be, I also have to realize that the agent list is finite.

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Thu, 02/04/2010 - 5:32pm

mdauz

If you are able to make your reader pregnant with passion, even if only for one moment in time, then you have written well…

Short answer: yes
Long answer: Read my article The Road to Publishing to fully understand the process

Sat, 02/06/2010 - 9:12am

jeyberg74

working on another book

I had never considered this. I always thought that if I had run out of agents to query (and that is assuming my query was any good) that I would consider the novel trunked and move on to the next one. Of course, there is always the possibility of moving directly on to publishers as well.

Thu, 02/11/2010 - 7:04am

Stanmiller

does not have a status.

One tactic is to doublecheck all agencies you queried that did not respond. Look for those that say they will send a response, either rejection or request. If you did not get a response from that agency, poilish your query letter and requery. You may have just gotten lost in their spam filter.

I have gotten requests for partials (and a full, once) using that tactic. In large part because my second query to the agencies was a much better query letter.