tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111208659086834464.post3392957140351319267..comments2023-11-05T00:46:01.232-06:00Comments on Ilima Todd, YA author: Querying Woesilimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17899071063752311737noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111208659086834464.post-61297391128942878602012-02-06T08:40:38.400-07:002012-02-06T08:40:38.400-07:00Candy-thanks for the great advice!
Peaches-thank ...Candy-thanks for the great advice!<br /><br />Peaches-thank you!ilimahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17899071063752311737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111208659086834464.post-37768484056072976072012-01-30T11:48:51.867-07:002012-01-30T11:48:51.867-07:00Yipee! for the fulls. :) Advice (which I should fo...Yipee! for the fulls. :) Advice (which I should follow myself!) is have a blast on the roller coaster ride, Ilima! Ups, downs, twists, loops, sudden stops...see the good and make it happen.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02691497935668743387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111208659086834464.post-7208351217299178492012-01-27T13:22:53.120-07:002012-01-27T13:22:53.120-07:00Yes, I think it will be worth it. Thanks for all t...Yes, I think it will be worth it. Thanks for all the advice and well wishes everyone!ilimahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17899071063752311737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111208659086834464.post-49349846030655603242012-01-27T11:47:42.432-07:002012-01-27T11:47:42.432-07:00I hate the online competitions.
Querying is SO up...I hate the online competitions.<br /><br />Querying is SO up and down, and then once your agents starts shopping your MS, you go through kind of the same thing again.<br /><br />NOT fun, BUT totally worth it in the end.Jolene Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14809468564016928636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111208659086834464.post-39065475457022436012012-01-26T10:06:16.311-07:002012-01-26T10:06:16.311-07:00So long as you feel good about putting yourself ou...So long as you feel good about putting yourself out there in query form, that's all that matters. If you're getting full requests, you've done something right!<br />Congrats, and good luck!Emily R. Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03892444969625637064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111208659086834464.post-41785105597675812362012-01-26T09:50:09.241-07:002012-01-26T09:50:09.241-07:00Thanks Victoria!Thanks Victoria!ilimahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17899071063752311737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111208659086834464.post-28602045593944461662012-01-25T19:23:45.944-07:002012-01-25T19:23:45.944-07:00Hello, hello! I nominated you for an award over a...Hello, hello! I nominated you for an award over at my blog check it out!Victoria Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983121458179944639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111208659086834464.post-22171759596249050692012-01-25T10:40:29.469-07:002012-01-25T10:40:29.469-07:00Congrats!!! That feels great to get a request for ...Congrats!!! That feels great to get a request for a full. I'll say a little prayer for you :)Angela Cothranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09243582290698922119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111208659086834464.post-8602504399981990272012-01-24T22:07:23.580-07:002012-01-24T22:07:23.580-07:00I know exactly how you feel. I went through the sa...I know exactly how you feel. I went through the same thing. Your post cracked me up about what you learned after the conferences...I felt the same! UGH! I'm finally getting it now too. I realize now that it's a HUGE learning process and you have to educate yourself. It's like a job and going to school at the same time. Congrats on the full requests :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03335427276116292574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111208659086834464.post-15701594599539718072012-01-24T18:36:58.138-07:002012-01-24T18:36:58.138-07:00Awesome on the full request! Keep us informed of ...Awesome on the full request! Keep us informed of how this goes :)Victoria Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983121458179944639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111208659086834464.post-89570757587756159012012-01-24T15:24:57.205-07:002012-01-24T15:24:57.205-07:00Ah, I'm querying in March-- terrifying! That&...Ah, I'm querying in March-- terrifying! That's exciting that you've had two requests for fulls! It feels like highschool, doesn't it? Like no one is going to ask you to the prom...LAHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15268579298100917721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111208659086834464.post-57899382773460561392012-01-24T13:06:26.089-07:002012-01-24T13:06:26.089-07:00Oh, the joy of querying...or something. I'm af...Oh, the joy of querying...or something. I'm afraid I don't have any advice, except keep at it, but don't be afraid to take a break and look at the story again if you think it needs it! Sounds like you already know what you're doing, though.<br /><br />Congrats on the requests, though! They make the rejections worthwhile. :)Shalleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09907680428735740943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111208659086834464.post-31764862604137359492012-01-24T12:41:04.940-07:002012-01-24T12:41:04.940-07:00Thanks for all the encouragement! It really helps ...Thanks for all the encouragement! It really helps to have such a supportive writing community. We writers can be so sensitive sometimes, and positive words help big time! (Two full requests now...yahoo)ilimahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17899071063752311737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111208659086834464.post-41815295689115531672012-01-24T12:17:13.905-07:002012-01-24T12:17:13.905-07:00Keep writing and all the best.Keep writing and all the best.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111208659086834464.post-47506308023768709342012-01-24T12:16:53.165-07:002012-01-24T12:16:53.165-07:00Congrats on the full, Ilima! I'm about to star...Congrats on the full, Ilima! I'm about to start querying, so we'll both be on the roller coaster this time. Weee!Carrie Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01540590799406170410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111208659086834464.post-46268023212540545272012-01-24T12:10:46.745-07:002012-01-24T12:10:46.745-07:00Yay!!!! Congrats on the full, that's awesome!...Yay!!!! Congrats on the full, that's awesome! <br /><br />And Lisa Regan recently did a segment of surviving Query Hell. It's super awesome and totally what I needed to read as I sit here in the query pit. :)Cassie Maehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17706774393186819619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111208659086834464.post-37140452790092422332012-01-24T12:04:27.890-07:002012-01-24T12:04:27.890-07:00I'm about 2/3s of the way through my WIP, but ...I'm about 2/3s of the way through my WIP, but I hope to start querying by the end of the summer. Good luck with the full request though! I hope good things happen :) You never know!The Writing Hour.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11291528224439435300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111208659086834464.post-47233882864644256822012-01-24T11:01:58.204-07:002012-01-24T11:01:58.204-07:00I haven't entered that world yet. I hope to ve...I haven't entered that world yet. I hope to very soon. I agree with other people. Send the query and keep writing.Jenny S. Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00482342313938669366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111208659086834464.post-56416308744926236332012-01-24T10:49:14.511-07:002012-01-24T10:49:14.511-07:00It's rough. Real rough. I had a great round of...It's rough. Real rough. I had a great round of querying with my first book. I truly thought that I'd be one of the rare few to snag an agent off my first MS. I was wrong. <br /><br />I took it hard. I doubted myself, my ability, my passion... and it took a lot to get back to myself. But I'm here and trudging through my WIP. I'm excited/horrified to query again. It might not end as well as I'd like--but one thing I do know is that I survived it the first time and that I can survive it again. <br /><br />Continuing to write, time, and rekindling that passion is all I needed to survive. Oh, and put a lock on your email so you don't refresh it every ten seconds! LOL! :DMorganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15747144518868320969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111208659086834464.post-13530103223574805912012-01-24T10:18:01.827-07:002012-01-24T10:18:01.827-07:00Eat chocolate and drink diet coke and keep writing...Eat chocolate and drink diet coke and keep writing.<br /><br />Yay for fulls.Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17244475646807937843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111208659086834464.post-27279338295537136312012-01-24T10:15:11.138-07:002012-01-24T10:15:11.138-07:00Just keep writing. Keep believing. I'll keep b...Just keep writing. Keep believing. I'll keep believing in you too. (And please share in all the motivation and query triumphant moments you have--that'll keep me inspired.) Congrats again on the full request!Kathryn Purdiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18337488365098780737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111208659086834464.post-38020636837851988532012-01-24T09:19:49.436-07:002012-01-24T09:19:49.436-07:00Yay for the full request!! Keep that email handy w...Yay for the full request!! Keep that email handy whenever you need a pick me up.<br /><br />My advice is the same as Christina's, write the next book. Because that way, if the rejections roll in you can tell yourself 'no big deal, THIS one I'm working on is the one'. <br /><br />And someday, it will be :)<br /><br />But seriously. I LOVED your story! I can't imagine it doesn't get published.Kelley Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06373650788799372118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2111208659086834464.post-33494129292372790892012-01-24T09:11:56.917-07:002012-01-24T09:11:56.917-07:00oh good luck!!!!!! I'm not there yet, still ...oh good luck!!!!!! I'm not there yet, still working on my first manuscript, so I have no advice, except for maybe.. keep writing!!!!!!! you'll get there :)Cristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15064636500827230911noreply@blogger.com