I submitted a query to an agent on Monday and immediately went into wait and see mode. I started dusting off another manuscript in the meantime and was making good progress with some new ideas when I suddenly got an anxious feeling in the pit of my stomach. I thought maybe I had sensed a positive response waiting for me, or that I’d gotten a hit on my website from a particular IP address. But no, I didn’t see anything new. Then I had a mental flash: “querie” and I thought oh my God, please tell me I didn’t really spell it that way!<\/p>\n
Sure enough, in checking in my “sent” mail, I found it. “Representation querie”. Man oh man, I thought what now? Should I try again only this time getting it right?<\/p>\n
I decided not to worry. The worst that will happen is the recipient will see the misspelling and not even open my email. I will get notification of that in due time. At best, they won’t even notice the error or, if they do, will ignore it to see what the body of the email says. I figured sending a whole new query with just the correction will either draw attention to the error or give them the impression I am impatient. I just want them to read what I said and be honest.<\/p>\n
So, here’s to hoping for the best possible outcome!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I submitted a query to an agent on Monday and immediately went into wait and see mode. I started dusting off another manuscript in the meantime and was making good progress with some new ideas when I suddenly got an … Continue reading