I can sympathize; I've got a bunch of rejection slips from agents for mine. Have you gotten any specific feedback on yours? The closest I've seen is one or two that say "we're not taking new clients, period." Others say "the industry is really tough right now" or "I just don't have the enthusiasm I'd need to push this", and they all look like form letters.
I used my contact with a Real Writer to get permission to send straight to a publishing house editor with a "X suggested I send this" note, and took that chance to say "hey, if you've got any feedback please send it". I'm planning to try Analog and a couple of other publishers as well as some more agents. It'd be nice to hear specifically, "I didn't like the [setting/characters/style/whatever]" or "this is really good but I want a vampire novel" or some other specific reason.
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Date: 2009-10-04 03:02 am (UTC)I used my contact with a Real Writer to get permission to send straight to a publishing house editor with a "X suggested I send this" note, and took that chance to say "hey, if you've got any feedback please send it". I'm planning to try Analog and a couple of other publishers as well as some more agents. It'd be nice to hear specifically, "I didn't like the [setting/characters/style/whatever]" or "this is really good but I want a vampire novel" or some other specific reason.