...Sheepish...

Okay, after my last post, I have to say ... taking my synopsis (the synopsis I thought was in good shape) and trying to cull it down to one paragraph revealed the wordiness for which I'm known. I was able to take my nine-paragraph synopsis and cut it down to six: two paragraphs per main character.

So ... I'm glad I didn't just dismiss that particular agency - I got each main character down to one paragraph. I think, however, that I'll still use the longer one as my standard synopsis.

One paragraph synopsis?!

Are they kidding?

Ugh ... Part 2

I worked on the synopsis on and off throughout the day and finally have a decent draft finished. Since it's almost 1 a.m., I'm going to save it and take it back out tomorrow for a fresh reading. Once I have it in good shape, I can query four agents from my list.

Why is it so hard to write a synopsis!?

Again, as with my query, I kept hearing Janet Reid's voice (QueryShark) asking questions as I typed. SO helpful! (I hope!) 

I sent a query today to one of the agents that I previously mentioned as specifically looking for women's fiction, but she tweeted a day or so ago that she's very behind on queries right now. Also, I'm still on the fence about re-querying agents who rejected my previous manuscript. If they rejected it because of its high word count, the edited ms is almost 30,000 words shorter, which might make them more inclined to take a closer look.

I also have on my list a couple agents who are notorious non-responders. But how can you skip them? If they rep your genre and are open to unsolicited queries, you just have to give it a try, I say.

Ugh ...

Synopsis.