Feeling like a yo-yo

@KristenH (33591)
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
August 29, 2017 7:44am CST
Last week I've reported to you about the agent passing on Venom after a eight-month waiting period. Now I've got a brief update to share with you. She emailed me yesterday and asked for the full. She said to absolutely feel free to requery her and she would try to provide helpful feedback to me in the next few days. She must've had a change of heart, when I've mentioned "Editorial contacts" in her email last week. It must've pulled the trigger and refreshed her memory. I'll take any feedback I can get to finish Venom as I have 15 chapters left to go to until it's done around mid to late October, like Halloween. I plan to re-query her now with the other fulls I have for sure by stacking them up. I'll keep you posted, since the past week I've been feeling like a yo-yo (deflated and down last week, now buoyantly up this week.)
8 people like this
8 responses
@HazySue (39265)
• Gouverneur, New York
29 Aug 17
I don't blame you for feeling like a yoyo. I hope it all works out good for you in the end.
1 person likes this
@KristenH (33591)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
29 Aug 17
@HazySue Thanks Sue. One manuscript at a time though.
1 person likes this
@KristenH (33591)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
29 Aug 17
Thanks Susan. Me too. Venom's been picking up traction, while Chain Reaction hasn't gotten any new bites. And Diplomatic Immunity has been on hold. So we'll see what this fall has to bring before winter.
1 person likes this
@HazySue (39265)
• Gouverneur, New York
29 Aug 17
@KristenH I wish you luck with each and every one of them.
1 person likes this
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
29 Aug 17
I hope it all goes well for you with Venom. I'm still waiting on my editors to get the go ahead for publishing my novel, Freedom's Cry.
1 person likes this
@KristenH (33591)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
29 Aug 17
Thanks Valerie. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you and your edit letter.
1 person likes this
@KristenH (33591)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
29 Aug 17
@just4him You're welcome.
1 person likes this
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
29 Aug 17
@KristenH Thank you.
1 person likes this
@silvermist (19701)
• India
29 Aug 17
Hope everything works out well for you.Good luck to you.
1 person likes this
@silvermist (19701)
• India
4 Sep 17
@KristenH You are welcome.
1 person likes this
@KristenH (33591)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
29 Aug 17
Thank you! One step at a time.
1 person likes this
@RasmaSandra (97912)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
29 Aug 17
Wishing you the very best of luck.
1 person likes this
@KristenH (33591)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
29 Aug 17
Thank you.
1 person likes this
@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
29 Aug 17
Good luck, hope it'll get published soon.
1 person likes this
@KristenH (33591)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
30 Aug 17
Thanks. Probably in a year or two, depending on which pub house and editor I get. I just need to get through revisions to land an offer from an agent first.
@NJChicaa (127116)
• United States
29 Aug 17
What does this mean? I thought Venom was completed already. Is she now considering it again?
1 person likes this
@KristenH (33591)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
29 Aug 17
Okay. A Revise and Resubmit is a good indication that the agent likes the work, but you can make it better with their suggestions. It's not totally completed in edits per se, since she only wanted the partial in the spring (5-7 chapters). I'm still working on my full R&Rs for eight months now with just tweaks--(one from January, one from almost a year ago), and have 15 chapters left to go. She must've mistaken me last week. It has now been upgraded to a full R&R, which is now one step closer to landing an offer for publication, if all goes well.
1 person likes this
@NJChicaa (127116)
• United States
29 Aug 17
@KristenH This is good news!
1 person likes this
@KristenH (33591)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
29 Aug 17
@NJChicaa Yes it is. I hope to get an offer (or multiple offers) by the end of the year.
1 person likes this
@m_audrey6788 (58468)
• Germany
29 Aug 17
I hope you feel better soon..Wish you a nice day
1 person likes this
@KristenH (33591)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
29 Aug 17
Feel better? Well, thanks. It's been a crazy week so far.
• United States
29 Aug 17
Well that is good news Kristen..best of luck to you now
1 person likes this
@KristenH (33591)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
29 Aug 17
Thanks Ocean. Yes it is. I wasn't expected an offer--though that would've been nice--but I'll take a full.
1 person likes this