When sending queries I take my time. I am almost compulsive when it comes to checking the agency’s website, blogs, tweets, or whatever. I try my best to match my mss with the best agent possible. I personalize each and every query to the agent. I make sure to keep up with each agent’s website, blog, follow on twitter if I can find them, and whatnot.
So as published/non-published writers, how irritating is it when you do your best to send the greatest query that you possibly can and then still find that you accidently made a blunder. Such a mistake happened to me the other day, and I thought it would be fun for everyone to share a blunder they made when querying agents.
Everyone is welcome to visit and stay for the fun. Author of PERFECTION, release date July 16, 2013, and FLAWED release date August 12, 2014. Published by Spencer Hill Press.
Biggest blunder--sending a query letter to the wrong agent. *facepalm* sadly I've done this more than once.
ReplyDeleteEEK!! That would be awful.
ReplyDeleteDid everything right, personalized the letter to the agent, really thought we'd be a good match...never changed the name after Dear. She sent me not one, but two form letter rejections. Humiliating, but probably deserved.
ReplyDeleteI sent one to an agent who's bio I read twice before crafting the personal last paragraph and yet I accidently put Mr. rather than Mrs. but luckily she looked past the blunder and asked for a partial...still humiliating though!
ReplyDeleteGrats on the partial.
ReplyDeleteI think mistakes are inevitable... But I do LOVE Gmail's "Undo" function, so you have like 3 seconds to take back an email if you realize you messed up!
ReplyDeleteI'm not even at the querry letter phase....but will certainly be extra careful when I am!
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