If you haven't already read agent Jessica Faust's post today, you should. She talks about different things writers do when querying that cause her to stop reading. Agent Janet Reid did the same thing a few years back. Here's her link.
So, if you don't want an instant rejection from these agents or others (many will feel the same as these two), check out the lists.
Do you know of any other agents out there with a similar list?
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Great post by Jessica! I am blown away when I read stuff like this...with all the query info out there, people still do things like this!! Unbelievable!
ReplyDeleteJanet Reid is pretty much my favorite agent blog out there, along with Query Shark, which incidentally, she also manages. I also really like Miss Snark, I think that was one of Janet's but I'm not totally sure.
ReplyDeleteI read it and was a great list of basic ettiquette!
ReplyDeleteThanks for that link! I usually keep up with herblog but got behind...
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