Oh, Gmail,
How that little (1) can send my heart into palpitations. How I can't resist the lure of that shiny new e-mail. How much you promise me two days after I status queried about a full. How I anticipate that you may have news on a request, even though the sender's name says "intern," and I know no agent with my manuscript has yet sent me anything through interns. This could be the time. There could be a reason. I click, anxiously, wondering what news you bring. Hoping you are not the dream agent who's had my full novel for three months and would only send through interns if she was form rejecting. I hold my breath....
Hmm, a query rejection from an agency I barely remember querying. Oh, Gmail, how you have fooled me with that precious (1). I shall not be fooled agai--
Oh, my! "Inbox (1)." My heart skips a beat.
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Name: Andrew CarmichaelAge: 20
Writes: urban/dark/occult fantasy, mainstream literary and commercial
Likes: reading, writing, orange/vanilla/raspberry flavored things, cake, ice cream, soda, fries, languages music
Dislikes: chocolate
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Name: April
Age: 16
Writes: YA, especially: fantasy, paranormal, sci-fi, thrillers, suspense, contemporary.
Likes: Life and its benefits.
Dislikes: Hardly anything.
Extra: I never give up. I love dancing in the rain.
Name: Vanessa Concannon
Age: 18
Writes: YA, Adult fantasy, romance, contemporary
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Dislikes: Nasty crap
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Name: Trish Doller
Age: *mumble*
Writes: YA
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Dislikes: cookies 'n' cream ice cream
Repped By: Kate Schafer
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Name: Ryan Gebhart
Age: 26
Writes: dystopian, absurdist humor
Likes: scratch-off lottery tickets
Dislikes: I'm not a hater.
Extra: Current WIP - The Tyrant's Son
Name: Bethany Griffin
Age: Too old to be a YA, not too old to write it
Writes: Realistic Contemporary, once in awhile I throw in a little speculative stuff...
Likes: Books, loud music, dark chocolate
Dislikes: country music
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Name: Amanda K. Morgan
Age: 23
Writes: Straight-up YA and non-fiction
Likes: music, particularly country, playing the guitar, cats, watersports, volleyball, handbags, shoes, and, of course, reading and writing
Dislikes: driving on ice, excessive football on TV, bad photos
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Age: 18
Writes: Contemporary coming-of-age
Likes:Young writers, hardbacks, existentialism, and Fight Club.
Dislikes: Paperbacks, pretension, and responsibility
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Name: North
Age: Anti-aging product aisle old
Writes: Tween fiction, report cards, query letters
Likes: my mini-van, sleeping in, orthopedic insoles
Dislikes: too many probing questions, trying to remember, shaving
Extra: Current project is Welcome to Donnegal, an urban fantasy
Name: Sage
Age: 27
Writes: Urban fantasy, YA fantasy, YA (very) soft sci-fi
Likes: Music, especially singing it; novels; anime and manga; ice cream, especially coffee-flavored; chocolate; anything by Joss Whedon (so far); cats
Dislikes: Fruit; most country music; way too many things I can't think of right now
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Name: Amanda Thrasher
Age: 20
Writes: YA fantasy, high school survival
Likes: Molskine notebooks, world music and religions, mocha frappuchinos, the smell of the mountains after a rain, having no schedule
Dislikes: Determined closemindedness
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Name: Sasha Vivelo
Age: 35
Writes: contemporary YA, adult romance, new age fiction, metaphysical nonfiction
Likes: forests, ocean mammals, yoga, live acoustic music, running, qigong, writing, reading, and the smell of apples
Dislikes: not being able to do everything all at once
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Name: Sophie Wereley
Age: 17
Writes: Fantasy
Likes: new book smell, puppies and kittens, boa constrictors, power tools and boats
Dislikes: heights, exploding microwaves, math and hydroponics
Extra: I enjoy smushing flowers.
Name: Suzanne Young
Age: 31
Writes: YA Romance (Yes. YA can be romantic)
Dislikes: Now is that good Karma?
Extra: Suzanne's debut YA series THE NAUGHTY LIST will be released from Razorbill/Penguin in Spring 2010.
10 comments:
I have 73 unread messages in my inbox at all time (never cleared them all after England) so Inbox (74) gets me all excited.
I have 11 in my spam e-mail, but I make sure my writer e-mail is always clear. Just having "Inbox (11)" in the yahoo account when I have both tabs open drives me nuts.
By the way, the "Inbox (1)" at the top of this screen is getting me all excited, lol.
Oh Sage. Totally. Same. Boat.
It must be part of being a writer, I swear. There is so much hope linked to that unopened email, isn't there?
All it takes is one agent to believe in our books, just one...
I'm a recently agented YA writer and am still receiving requests and rejections from query letters. And that biological response you describe from seeing an unopened email from an agent you queried still happens to me. I'm not sure it will ever go away,lol.
And regarding emails from interns and assistants, it's not always bad news. One of my offers of represention started via an assistant emailing me to tell me that the agent who had my ms wanted to set up a time to talk. So, you never know. Just keep clicking.
me too - its so sad! :)
Yup. I've had an agent for a couple months now - still get excited about that Inbox (1). It could be an email from my agent! It could be news! It could be my new beta read! All sorts of things to get excited about. :D
I have the same issues. I wait for the mailman, even on days he doesn't come. Today, my heart stopped when I opened the mailbox. I got a big envelope from an unnamed publishing house. I don't remember sending them anything, I thought...You never know, maybe in a wild rage of submissions I sent them something. I took a breath and carefully opened the BIG envelope. It was a post I had won from a blog contest. Sometimes I'm such a mess...
Okay, I have to comment, because I am laughing my head off right now. I was clicking through my open tabs and when the words Inbox (1) popped up I had a knee-jerk reaction of excitement, because yay, I had mail! I didn't realize it had gotten this bad. I keep reading it, and it keeps making me excited. This is so hilarious. Know now that you're not the only one who feels this way!
I have the same issues.
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