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Be An Agent for a Day

Be An Agent for a Day: The Results!!

April 20, 2009 by Nathan Bransford 286 Comments

Thank you once again to everyone who participated in the Be An Agent for a Day contest. 50 queries, 300+ participants, 15,000+ comments later….. I know you’re curious to see how you did. When I started this contest I really had no idea how it would go. I didn’t even spell out a prize because […]

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Recap #3: If You Were An Agent, How Would You Handle Submissions?

April 16, 2009 by Nathan Bransford 328 Comments

Now that you have walked 50 queries in an agent’s shoes and likely pictured yourself answering 50 queries a day stretching on into infinity, how would you handle your slush pile if you were an agent? Would you personalize? Would you form reject? Reply-if-interested? Crawl under your desk and hope no one finds you? I’m […]

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Recap #2: How Confident Are You In Your Choices?

April 15, 2009 by Nathan Bransford 154 Comments

I think one of the biggest current misconceptions about “Be An Agent for a Day” involves ignoring this little number in the rules and regulations: 6. For the purposes of this contest you are looking for queries that demonstrate publishable potential, not necessarily your genres of interest. I was kind of surprised to see that […]

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Recap #1: Was This Easier or Harder Than You Expected?

April 14, 2009 by Nathan Bransford 214 Comments

If you haven’t yet finished your queries, please continue to leave your requests and rejections! But also, please note a programming change: I’m changing the deadline to Saturday night Pacific time, at which time I’m going to close the query threads so I can start compiling some stats. Monday morning I’ll reveal which queries were […]

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Be An Agent for a Day: Query #50

April 13, 2009 by Nathan Bransford 325 Comments

This query is part of the Be an Agent for a Day contest. Rules and Regulations here Please post your rejection or manuscript request in the comment section! Dear Agent for a Day, I have followed your blog for several months and appreciate that your posts are educational, with many dashes of humor and candid […]

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Be An Agent for a Day: Query #49

April 13, 2009 by Nathan Bransford 332 Comments

This query is part of the Be an Agent for a Day contest. Rules and Regulations here Please post your rejection or manuscript request in the comment section! Dear Agent for a Day, In a story that will challenge your perception of right and wrong, Nicky Fusco sets out to avenge his wife’s death, and […]

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