Author: Chris Hagler
Date:   10-31-09 23:44

Gee I'm posting a lot lately.

I received a rejection letter today, and albeit cordial it's frustrating. I have a question for those of you in the know.

Any hints on how to grab attention to a new YA work so that it makes it to the "actually read" category of queries/samples/manuscripts ?

I REALIZE this is a vague question, and there's no way I'm giving up but it's getting so tiring. I'm sending a query similar to the one I posted on here last. I used all the suggestions given to try and spruce it up, and I'm getting requests for samples.........but that last hurdle is murder. I really feel that if I can get the entire MS to someone, they'd be on board.

I am curious if there's an overload in the YA sector right now. If so, perhaps I should shelve it for a while as much as I hate the idea. Beating my head against a brick wall is something I'm good at, so I really don't want to do that.