Анализ сайта michelle4laughs.com
Основное Готовность: 35%
Домен
michelle4laughs.com
Состояние доменного имени
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Проверяем корректность доменного имени и наличие технических проблем на уровне домена.
Длина домена велика. Но если вы продвигаете запрос, входящий в название домена, то это хорошо.
Домен второго уровня идеален для продвижения.
Ответ сервера
200 Успешный ответ
HTTP-код ответа и цепочка редиректов
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Код 200 — страница доступна. Коды 3xx — редиректы (цепочки замедляют загрузку и размывают ссылочный вес). Коды 4xx/5xx — ошибки, поисковик не сможет проиндексировать страницу.
Сервер настроен корректно.
Цепочка редиректов:
http://michelle4laughs.com
301 MovedPermanently
http://www.michelle4laughs.com/
200 OK
Безопасность
Сайт небезопасен
Использование HTTPS и SSL-сертификат
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HTTPS — обязательный стандарт. Google и Яндекс отдают предпочтение защищённым сайтам. Отсутствие SSL или просроченный сертификат ведут к предупреждениям в браузере и снижению позиций.
На сайте не найден защищенный протокол ssl и сайт не открывается по https!
Не настроен HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) — рекомендуется включить.
HTTP автоматически перенаправляется на HTTPS.
Поздравляем! Сайт не содержится в реестре РКН.
Кодировка
utf-8
Кодировка символов страницы
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Стандарт — UTF-8. Неправильная кодировка вызывает нечитаемые символы и мешает поисковику корректно распознать текст страницы.
Указана кодировка на странице utf-8.
Язык
en
Атрибут lang в HTML-теге
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Атрибут lang (<html lang="ru">) сообщает поисковикам и браузерам, на каком языке написана страница. Помогает при ранжировании в региональном поиске.
Язык документа указан явно: en.
Скорость загрузки
~1,38сек
Время отклика сервера (TTFB)
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Time To First Byte — время до получения первого байта от сервера. Норма до 200 мс. Медленный отклик ухудшает пользовательский опыт и ранжирование: Яндекс и Google учитывают скорость страниц.
Скорость загрузки сайта 1,38сек превышает 1 секунду. Желательно улучшить работу сайта!
Объем документа
247Кб
Размер HTML-кода страницы
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Слишком большой HTML замедляет парсинг браузером и сканирование поисковым роботом. Рекомендуется не более 200 Кб.
Объем html-документа 247Кб оптимален.
Структура html-документа корректна.
Ресурсы
Ресурсы: 6
Внешние ресурсы страницы (CSS, JS, изображения)
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Количество и тип подключённых ресурсов влияют на скорость загрузки. Большое число запросов увеличивает время рендеринга страницы.
Кол-во файлов ресурсов 6 достаточно.
Показать полный список ресурсов
| Тип | Название | Значение |
|---|---|---|
| stylesheet | text/css | https://www.blogger.com/static/v1/widgets/2872013778-css_bundle_v2.css |
| stylesheet | https://draft.blogger.com/dyn-css/authorization.css?targetBlogID=308214465210382791&zx=6eb42da8-02a2-494e-8362-bf6a73330ddc | |
| stylesheet | https://draft.blogger.com/dyn-css/authorization.css?targetBlogID=308214465210382791&zx=6eb42da8-02a2-494e-8362-bf6a73330ddc | |
| js | text/javascript | https://apis.google.com/js/platform.js |
| js | text/javascript | https://apis.google.com/js/platform.js |
| js | text/javascript | https://www.blogger.com/static/v1/widgets/3044065359-widgets.js |
Серверные заголовки
Кол-во: 8
HTTP-заголовки ответа сервера
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Заголовки сервера передают браузеру и поисковику служебную информацию: кеширование, безопасность (CSP, HSTS), сжатие (gzip). Правильная настройка ускоряет загрузку и повышает защищённость.
Найдены серверные заголовки 8шт. Подробнее про серверные заголовки.
Показать полный список серверных заголовков
| Ключ | Значение |
|---|---|
| Date | Fri, 21 Aug 2026 17:16:06 GMT |
| Cache-Control | max-age=0, private |
| X-Content-Type-Options | nosniff |
| X-XSS-Protection | 1; mode=block |
| Server | GSE |
| Accept-Ranges | none |
| Vary | Accept-Encoding |
| Transfer-Encoding | chunked |
CMS
blogger
Система управления сайтом (движок)
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CMS — это движок, на котором работает сайт (WordPress, 1C-Bitrix, Tilda и др.). Знание CMS помогает понять возможности SEO-оптимизации и подобрать подходящие инструменты. «Не определена» — вероятно, самописный сайт или нестандартная сборка.
В мета-теге generator указано: blogger.
Веб-сервер
Google Frontend
Программное обеспечение сервера
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Веб-сервер — это ПО, которое отдаёт страницы посетителям (nginx, Apache, IIS, LiteSpeed и др.). Определяется по серверным заголовкам ответа (Server, X-Powered-By и т.п.). «Не определён» — сервер намеренно скрывает эти заголовки, это нормальная практика безопасности.
Сайт работает на веб-сервере Google Frontend.
Мета-теги Готовность: 48%
Title
It's In The Details
Заголовок страницы в браузере и поисковой выдаче
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Title — главный SEO-заголовок страницы. Влияет на CTR в поиске и ранжирование. Оптимальная длина: 50–70 символов. Ключевые слова — ближе к началу.
Необходимо увеличить число символов в title (текущее значение мало: 19, минимум: 25, оптимально: от 40 до 45)
Дублей словоформ в title не найдено.
Description
Описание страницы в поисковой выдаче (сниппет)
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Meta Description — текст под заголовком в выдаче. Напрямую на позиции не влияет, но влияет на CTR. Оптимальная длина: 120–160 символов.
Установите мета-тег description!
Keywords
Список ключевых слов страницы (устаревший тег)
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Meta Keywords не учитывается Яндексом и Google для ранжирования с 2009–2012 годов. Заполнение не обязательно, но не вредит. Конкурент может использовать содержимое для анализа.
Установите мета-тег keywords!
Канонический Url
http://www.michelle4laughs.com/
Указывает поисковику основную версию страницы
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Canonical (rel=canonical) предотвращает проблему дублей страниц. Должен точно совпадать с URL проверяемой страницы. Неправильный canonical может передать ссылочный вес на другую страницу.
Канонический Url прописан корректно.
Robots
Ошибок нет
Директивы для поисковых роботов на уровне страницы
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Meta Robots управляет индексацией конкретной страницы: index/noindex — индексировать ли, follow/nofollow — следовать ли по ссылкам. Noindex полностью исключает страницу из поиска.
Meta-тег robots не указан. Страница свободна для индексации.
Адаптивность
width=1100
Настройка масштабирования на мобильных устройствах
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Тег viewport (<meta name="viewport">) сообщает браузеру, как масштабировать страницу на мобильных. Стандарт: width=device-width, initial-scale=1. Отсутствие — признак отсутствия мобильной версии.
Meta-тег viewport со значением width задаёт фиксированную ширину области просмотра.
Разметка OpenGraph
Кол-во: 3
Мета-теги для красивых превью в соцсетях
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OpenGraph (og:title, og:description, og:image) управляет тем, как страница выглядит при репосте в социальных сетях и мессенджерах. Отсутствие OG-тегов — невзрачный превью при шеринге.
Разметка OpenGraph задана. Страница оптимизирована под социальные сети.
Показать полный список og мета-тегов
| Тип | Значение |
|---|---|
| og:url | http://www.michelle4laughs.com/ |
| og:title | It's In The Details |
| og:description | The highs and lows of trying to get published and everything in between. |
Все мета-теги
Кол-во: 7
Полный список мета-тегов страницы
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Таблица всех meta-тегов, включая нестандартные. Позволяет найти опечатки, дубли и лишние теги.
Найдены мета-теги 7шт. Мета-теги не видимы для человека и предназначены для обмена информацией между веб-страницей и поисковыми системами, браузерами и другими веб-службами. С ними роботы 🤖 и устройства ведут себя более ожидаемо.
Показать полный список мета-тегов
| Тип | Название | Значение |
|---|---|---|
| name | viewport | width=1100 |
| name | generator | blogger |
| name | google-adsense-platform-account | ca-host-pub-1556223355139109 |
| name | google-adsense-platform-domain | blogspot.com |
| property | og:url | http://www.michelle4laughs.com/ |
| property | og:title | It's In The Details |
| property | og:description | The highs and lows of trying to get published and everything in between. |
Оптимизация Готовность: 82%
Структура
Ошибок нет
Семантические HTML-элементы страницы
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Проверяет наличие основных структурных элементов: nav, header, footer, main. Корректная семантическая структура помогает поисковику понять архитектуру страницы.
Структура документа корректна (теги <html> и <body> присутствуют в единственном экземпляре).
Контент
Ошибок нет
Объём и качество текстового содержимого
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Анализирует объём полезного текста на странице. Слишком мало — страница может считаться малополезной. Слишком много — ухудшается читаемость и восприятие.
Слова из title 4 встречаются в тексте достаточно.
Абзацев с текстом 169 достаточно.
Среднее число слов в абзаце 43 достаточно.
Кол-во знаков контента 67469 на странице оптимально.
Кол-во слов 11971 на странице оптимально.
Заголовки
Ошибок нет
Иерархия заголовков H1–H6
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H1 должен быть один и содержать ключевой запрос. H2–H6 описывают подразделы. Пропуск уровней (H1 → H3) и несколько H1 — типичные ошибки, снижающие понятность страницы для поисковика.
На странице присутствуют заголовки <h1> 1. Это прекрасно.
На странице присутствуют заголовки <h2> 13. Это хорошо.
На странице присутствуют заголовки <h3> 6.
Тошнота
6,16
Насколько одно слово доминирует в тексте
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Классическая тошнота = √(частота самого повторяющегося слова). Норма до 7–8: текст воспринимается естественно. Выше — поисковик может счесть страницу переспамленной.
Тошнота превышает норму 5. Измените текст страницы!
Академич. тошнота
21,07%
Насколько текст перенасыщен ключевыми словами
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Академическая тошнота = (частота слова / общее количество слов) × 100%. Показывает долю конкретного слова в тексте. Норма 5–15%.
Академическая тошнота превышает норму 5-15%. Измените текст страницы!
Семантическое ядро
20
Наиболее часто встречающиеся слова на странице
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Топ слов по частоте использования. Показывает, какие слова доминируют в тексте с точки зрения поисковика.
Контент страницы содержит осмысленный текст и слова.
Показать список слов
| Слово | Кол-во | Частота |
|---|---|---|
| questions | 38 | 0,32% |
| writers | 34 | 0,28% |
| people | 28 | 0,23% |
| agents | 22 | 0,18% |
| something | 22 | 0,18% |
| really | 22 | 0,18% |
| writing | 18 | 0,15% |
| queries | 18 | 0,15% |
| didn't | 18 | 0,15% |
| writer | 17 | 0,14% |
| things | 17 | 0,14% |
| 16 | 0,13% | |
| around | 15 | 0,13% |
| manuscript | 15 | 0,13% |
| literary | 14 | 0,12% |
| because | 14 | 0,12% |
| authors | 14 | 0,12% |
| closed | 14 | 0,12% |
| little | 13 | 0,11% |
| reading | 13 | 0,11% |
Индексация Готовность: 0%
Индексирование
Есть ошибки
Разрешено ли индексирование страницы
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Проверяет, не закрыта ли страница от индексации через robots.txt, meta robots или X-Robots-Tag. Страница, закрытая от индексации, не появится в поисковой выдаче.
Анкоров на странице 587 слишком много. Проведите ревизию и оптимизацию ссылок сайта.
Robots.txt
Найден корректный robots.txt
Файл управления сканированием сайта роботами
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Robots.txt указывает поисковым роботам, какие страницы сканировать, а какие — нет. Ошибки в файле могут случайно закрыть важные разделы от индексации.
Robots.txt настроен корректно. Размер файла: 253897 байт. Загружен за: 1сек.
Проверяемая страница не запрещена в robots.txt.
Robots.txt доступен по постоянному адресу
Цепочка редиректов для файла robots.txt:
http://michelle4laughs.com/robots.txt
301 MovedPermanently
http://www.michelle4laughs.com/
200 OK
Показать содержимое robots.txt
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html class='v2' dir='ltr' lang='en'>
<head>
<link href='https://www.blogger.com/static/v1/widgets/2872013778-css_bundle_v2.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'/>
<meta content='width=1100' name='viewport'/>
<meta content='text/html; charset=UTF-8' http-equiv='Content-Type'/>
<meta content='blogger' name='generator'/>
<link href='http://www.michelle4laughs.com/favicon.ico' rel='icon' type='image/x-icon'/>
<link href='http://www.michelle4laughs.com/' rel='canonical'/>
<link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="It's In The Details - Atom" href="http://www.michelle4laughs.com/feeds/posts/default" />
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="It's In The Details - RSS" href="http://www.michelle4laughs.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss" />
<link rel="service.post" type="application/atom+xml" title="It's In The Details - Atom" href="https://draft.blogger.com/feeds/308214465210382791/posts/default" />
<link rel="me" href="https://draft.blogger.com/profile/06876457259362839114" />
<!--Can't find substitution for tag [blog.ieCssRetrofitLinks]-->
<meta content='http://www.michelle4laughs.com/' property='og:url'/>
<meta content='It's In The Details' property='og:title'/>
<meta content='The highs and lows of trying to get published and everything in between.' property='og:description'/>
<title>It's In The Details</title>
<style id='page-skin-1' type='text/css'><!--
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Name: Awesome Inc.
Designer: Tina Chen
URL: tinachen.org
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font: normal normal 13px Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;
color: #666666;
background: #cd8c37 none repeat scroll top left;
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min-width: 0;
max-width: 100%;
width: 100%;
}
a:link {
text-decoration: none;
color: #3778cd;
}
a:visited {
text-decoration: none;
color: #4d469c;
}
a:hover {
text-decoration: underline;
color: #3778cd;
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position: absolute;
z-index: 1;
height: 276px;
width: 100%;
background: transparent none repeat-x scroll top left;
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.header-inner .section {
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.tabs-inner .section {
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.main-inner {
padding-top: 30px;
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.main-inner .column-center-inner,
.main-inner .column-left-inner,
.main-inner .column-right-inner {
padding: 0 5px;
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margin-top: -30px;
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margin-top: 0;
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margin: 0 0 0 0;
background: transparent none repeat scroll 0 0;
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font: normal bold 40px Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;
color: #666666;
text-shadow: 0 0 -1px #000000;
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.Header .description {
font: normal normal 14px Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;
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.header-inner .Header .titlewrapper,
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position: absolute;
width: 100%;
border-top: 1px solid #999999;
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.tabs-cap-bottom {
bottom: 0;
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.tabs-inner .widget li a {
display: inline-block;
margin: 0;
padding: .6em 1.5em;
font: normal bold 14px Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;
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border-top: 1px solid #999999;
border-bottom: 1px solid #999999;
border-left: 1px solid #999999;
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margin: 0 27px;
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.main-inner .column-left-outer,
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margin-top: 0;
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.main-inner .column-left-inner,
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-webkit-border-radius: 0;
-goog-ms-border-radius: 0;
border-radius: 0;
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#layout .main-inner .column-right-inner {
margin-top: 0;
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.sidebar .widget {
font: normal normal 14px Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;
color: #666666;
}
.sidebar .widget a:link {
color: #3778cd;
}
.sidebar .widget a:visited {
color: #4d469c;
}
.sidebar .widget a:hover {
color: #3778cd;
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text-shadow: 0 0 -1px #000000;
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background-color: #ffffff;
border: 1px solid #eeeeee;
padding: 0 15px 15px;
margin: 20px -16px;
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margin: 0 -15px;
padding: .6em 15px .5em;
border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;
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padding-top: 8px;
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Writers have copious amounts of imagination. It's what makes their stories so fantastic. But there's a darker side to so much out-of-the-box thinking. When a writer is in the query trenches, their worries go into overdrive. They imagine every possible disaster.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Here to relieve some of that endless worrying is a series called Query Questions. I'll ask the questions which prey on every writer's mind, and hopefully take some of the pain out of querying. These are questions that I've seen tossed around on twitter and writing sites. They are the type of questions that you need answers from the real expert--agents!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm so happy to bring Query Questions back from the dead with new interviews. Since I stopped doing interviews, a whole new crop of agents have settled into the business, and I'm sure people would like to know more about them.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Today we get to take another look at an agency with a different aspect on the market. Maria Napolitano is with <a href="https://www.bookcaseagency.com/about-us" target="_blank">Bookcase Literary Agency</a>, which focuses on international sales and subrights, along with the domestic US market. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX5IevsrR7J9qBTpR4APi6HJ0of7ZDLcQlIc2fb0bEb1VGlAXS0z-fppA3UZ5Nmicgyp7Tve-BgCbKcbCv6-XGtAWCoduROnNJBZXpw0gDIFhA242F2Xx7n_GQF6slSOBuIwn3I5R5JOc/s244/maria+napolitano.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="244" data-original-width="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX5IevsrR7J9qBTpR4APi6HJ0of7ZDLcQlIc2fb0bEb1VGlAXS0z-fppA3UZ5Nmicgyp7Tve-BgCbKcbCv6-XGtAWCoduROnNJBZXpw0gDIFhA242F2Xx7n_GQF6slSOBuIwn3I5R5JOc/s0/maria+napolitano.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Is there a better or
worse time of year to query?</span></b><b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Query when you’re ready! Like
most agents, I manage my queries on a rolling basis, so you can’t know exactly
what projects I’m juggling or what my schedule looks like, or just how quickly I’ll
get to your work. Some moments in the publishing year are calmer than others
—like the height of summer or the winter holidays— so an agent might be
catching up on queries during their downtime. Or they might be on vacation!
Instead of worrying about their schedule, focus on what you can control, like
sending your best work, and practicing patience. Publishing is better measured
months than days, so getting accustomed to that early on will prepare you well
for the long run.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Do you look at sample
pages without fail or only if the query is strong?</span></b><b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I look at the sample
pages unless I see major red flags in the query. Sometimes that means the project
is in a category I don’t represent. Or it might be a clear signal that this
project is not one I’d want to be associated with, ie one with racist or sexist
or otherwise bigoted content. I understand that writing a good query is hard
work (and not quite the same as writing a good book) so I make a point to also
look at sample pages, even if the query isn’t knocking it out of the park.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">How open are you to
writers who have never been published? </span></b><b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Very!
I love working with new writers — I don’t think a previous book or publication
is a prerequisite at all in fiction, and a debut book can be a great way to
burst onto the scene. (In most categories of nonfiction, however, having a
career or expertise in your subject matter can be more crucial.)</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The dreaded rhetorical
question in a query. Are they as taboo as the rumors say?</span></b><b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I
am not a fan of the rhetorical question, because I prefer a query to give me
concrete information about the project — rhetorical questions often feel
cheesy, or leave me wishing I had one more sentence about world building or
specific details instead. But that doesn’t mean they can’t work in the right
context, and it doesn’t mean they’re an automatic pass from me! I would just
urge authors to make sure the question is doing the most work possible in that
query, and not sacrificing some other, more effective bit of text.</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">How important are comp
titles? Is it something you want to see in a query? Are movie/tv reference okay
as comp titles?</span></b><b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Extremely
important. The comp titles help me understand how you see your project, and how
it might fit into the book market. I like to think of comps as a shorthand
formula to show a book’s best case scenario in terms of audience, point out its
common traits with other successful projects, and showcase its unique
combinations of elements. Using TV/film comps puts a lot of cultural
touchstones in play, so as long as you mention a book or two as well, I’m fine
with it!</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Do you prefer a little
personalized chit-chat in a query letter or would you rather hear about the
manuscript?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Chit-chat is nice if you
have something personal to say, but the work is what really counts! If you
don’t have a personal touch, you don’t need to try and shoehorn something in. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">How do you feel about writers nudging on
full/partial requests? At what point is it appropriate? <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I would say after a few
months, feel free to nudge me! Reading submissions, deciding whether or not I
want to have a call or potentially offer rep, or asking other team members for
their opinion on a project as well can take quite a while. There’s nothing
wrong with checking in and asking for an update if you’ve gone a while with no
news.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">When a writer nudges with an offer, what length
of time is helpful to give you enough time to consider? A week? Two weeks?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Two weeks is pretty
standard! Anything less than that would make it really tough to read
thoughtfully and come to a decision. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #282828; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Many agents say they don't care if writers are
active online. Could a twitter account or blog presence by a writer tip the
scales in getting a request or offer? And do you require writers you sign
to start one?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #282828; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">No and no. Similar to
previous publications — in nonfiction, having a platform or established
audience can be a plus, but for fiction writers, I don’t look at social media
or online presence (except to make sure there are no red flags that would make
me not want to work with the author, like inappropriate or bigoted material).
At the end of the day, having a large social media following is no substitute
for good writing!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #282828; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">If a writer makes changes to their manuscript
due to feedback should they resend the query or only if material was requested?
Does it make a difference if the changes are from an R&R with another
agent?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #282828; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">If the manuscript has
changed so much the query is no longer accurate —meaning the major themes and
plot arc aren’t represented in the query you sent— then withdraw and resubmit with
a new query that represents the project better. If your query still works, you
can leave it in play and just send your revised draft to anyone who requests
material. You can include a quick note explaining you’ve made revisions if
there are differences between the sample/query and material you’re sending, to
avoid any confusion.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #282828; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">If an agent requested
material and you’ve made substantive changes of this scale while they’re
considering, I think it’s ok to contact the agent and ask if they would like to
see a new version. But that would be pretty rare, and you’d have to feel the
new manuscript is practically a different book! If you’ve only made cosmetic
tweaks or fixed a few typos, don’t bother. Those minor changes won’t make or
break a decision — the bones of the book are what really count here, so there’s
no reason to ask an agent to start their reading over.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #282828; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When it comes to revise
& resubmits: most are done under exclusive, so in that situation you
shouldn’t be sending that draft out unless the agent who requested it has passed.
If that happens, you can keep sending that material out in either of the above
scenarios, but I don’t think it’s necessary to mention that it was the result
of an R&R. That shouldn’t affect someone else’s decision making, but in
reality, it might undermine their confidence in the work if they know others
have already passed on it. Better to start your conversations with a clean
slate.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Do you look at trends or editor wishlists when
deciding to sign a manuscript?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Not specifically, but
I am keeping market trends and shifts in mind and paying attention to what
editors are looking for in broad terms as I’m looking for new clients. I won’t
sign a client just because one editor said they’re looking for something in
particular. But hearing folks clamor for rom-coms or horror might push me
towards those categories, too. I want to feel confident that there’s a market
for the work that I sign, but I don’t make decisions based only on other
people’s wishlists: I have to feel passionate about a project and believe in it
myself, and be in sync with the author as well, in order to sign them. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Do you consider yourself a hands-on, editorial
type of agent? Does a manuscript have to be sub-ready or will you sign stories
that need work?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I’m pretty hands-on. I
don’t expect manuscripts to be ready for submission and enjoy working with my
clients to get to that level. But I do expect the queries and manuscripts I see
to be as good as the author can get on their own, with a certain level of
sophistication and polish — no half-baked or rough drafts. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">What is your biggest query pet peeve? Is there
anything that automatically sinks a query for you? <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Being rude — to me
or other authors! Some authors pitch their books as better than X, Y, or Z, or insult
other writers or projects. That attitude does not make me want to work with
you, even if your writing is off-the-charts-incredible. I’d rather see a pitch
that sells me on your work than a query that puts others down. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">What are some of your favorite movies or books to
give us an idea of your tastes? <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">My taste is wide-ranging!
The elements that unite my favorite projects are well fleshed out characters, a
unique voice, and a palpable sense of momentum in storytelling. Often I fall
for books that have some strain of weird or dark humor, an adventurous conceit,
or a tragic angle. Which if you think about it, are some ways in which a strong
character, singular reading experience, or strong narrative propulsion can
manifest. I also love a book that can make me see the world in new ways, twist
a classic trope, or poke fun at the world around it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Lately, I’ve been reading
<i>The Authenticity Project </i>by Claire
Pooley and <i>The Vanishing </i>Half by Brit
Bennett, and watching <i>The Queen’s Gambit,
Schitt’s Creek,</i> and the brilliant Spanish heist show <i>La Casa de Papel</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Thinking a bit more
broadly, some books that have really stuck with me over recent years are: <i>Mostly Dead Things</i> by Kirsten Arnett, <i>The Alice Network</i> by Kate Quinn, <i>When We Were Yours</i> by Lisa Wingate, <i>Nothing To See Here</i> by Kevin Wilson, <i>Her Body and Other Parties</i> by Carmen
Maria Machado, <i>Get a Life, Chloe Brown</i>
by Talia Hibbert, <i>Bromance Book Club</i>
by Lyssa Kay Adams, <i>A Woman is no Man </i>by
Etaf Rum, <i>The Seven or Eight Deaths of
Stella Fortuna</i> by Juliet Grames, and the <i>Neapolitan Novels</i> by Elena Ferrante. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Maria</span></span></span><span style="text-align: center;"> comes to Bookcase from literary scouting, where she fell in love with the process of matchmaking books with just the right editors and publishers around the world. Her free time is largely spent reading or running—but none of that reading-on-the-treadmill nonsense. Maria is a born New Yorker who currently lives in Astoria, Queens with a sourdough starter named Ryeley.</span></span></p><p><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Maria is currently open to queries for adult fiction, especially commercial to upmarket women's fiction, rom-coms, and suspense & thriller. Strong characters, especially women and underrepresented voices, and high-concept projects that beg to be read in a single sitting catch her attention best. She is also looking for select nonfiction: memoir/essay from a unique and immersive perspective; inclusive, wide-angle health and life advice from experts in their field; pop science (not pop culture) and narrative nonfiction that answers questions she didn’t know she had about things she didn’t know she cared about. She is not looking for politics, religion, poetry, cookbooks, or diet books.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Writers have copious amounts of imagination. It's what makes their stories so fantastic. But there's a darker side to so much out-of-the-box thinking. When a writer is in the query trenches, their worries go into overdrive. They imagine every possible disaster.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here to relieve some of that endless worrying is a series called Query Questions. I'll ask the questions which prey on every writer's mind, and hopefully take some of the pain out of querying. These are questions that I've seen tossed around on twitter and writing sites. They are the type of questions that you need answers from the real expert--agents!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I'm so happy to bring Query Questions back from the dead with new interviews. Since I stopped doing interviews, a whole new crop of agents have settled into the business, and I'm sure people would like to know more about them.</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNlvX2iEkXIWyqeWbshoWnEc9BuZeMO4vvGPay7hyphenhyphenqFKyX0tn5VGDtuuA7ffV5HfpnQPYQfxzcPAjeAFQTv-dxM3LKlE-FIN24YLE1Z3uzqdCTXlXiOJk0zpkdAOrOgZnU9ReM86pluzA/s2048/Agent+photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1585" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNlvX2iEkXIWyqeWbshoWnEc9BuZeMO4vvGPay7hyphenhyphenqFKyX0tn5VGDtuuA7ffV5HfpnQPYQfxzcPAjeAFQTv-dxM3LKlE-FIN24YLE1Z3uzqdCTXlXiOJk0zpkdAOrOgZnU9ReM86pluzA/s320/Agent+photo.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Join me in a warm welcome to Kate Foster of <a href="https://www.stormliteraryagency.com/aboutus">Storm Literary</a>! Kate has just joined Storm most recently and Storm seems to be a growing agency with recent sales. Here are Kate's answers:</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><b>Is
there a better or worse time of year to query?</b></span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In my opinion, not really.
Agents are always busy and most already have a backlog of queries in their
inboxes! Yes, there are convention and book fair seasons that may cause agents
to have other priorities, but it shouldn’t stop authors sending in their
queries anyway. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><b>Do
you look at sample pages without fail or only if the query is strong?</b></span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Yes, always. Sample pages
are more important to me than anything. FYI, I’m unlikely to open attachments
sent in with a query. I prefer everything pasted into the email: query first
followed by first ten pages. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><b>How
open are you to writers who have never been published? </b></span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Very. Completely. Entirely.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><b>The
dreaded rhetorical question in a query. Are they as taboo as the rumors say?</b></span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Yes and no. Honestly,
swapping out these questions by hinting at what’s to come is ultimately more
appealing and enticing. Rhetorical questions are now cliché, and actually don’t
showcase a writer’s word magic. I’m not against one in a query but it might
make me wonder how developed this author’s writing skills are. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>How important are comp
titles? Is it something you want to see in a query? Are movie/tv reference okay
as comp titles?</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">They help, for sure. It
instantly tells me what tone to expect, what kind of audience we’re looking at.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And yes, definitely. A
mixture of book and TV/movie comps are great too. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Do you prefer a little
personalized chit-chat in a query letter or would you rather hear about the
manuscript?</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The pitch part of the
manuscript is the most important part. It’s what we’re all here for. If authors
want to chit-chat, go for it, but for me that samples more of the author’s
character than anything else. My attention will be grabbed by the pitch.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>How many queries do you
receive in a week? How many requests might you make out of those?</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It varies because I’m very
new, so in my first week I had hundreds and hundreds! And honestly, I haven’t
noticed much of a pattern developing since. I also haven’t looked at a
percentage of requests I make, sorry! I don’t generally request partials,
though, only fulls. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>How do you feel about
writers nudging on full/partial requests? At what point is it appropriate?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Do it! I’d say three months
is a good time to wait unless the agent specifies a different time frame on
their website. At Storm we reply to ALL queries. There’s no “no reply in X
weeks means a no” with us. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>When a writer nudges with
an offer, what length of time is helpful to give you enough time to consider? A
week? Two weeks?</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Two weeks works nicely. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Many agents say they
don't care if writers are active online. Could a twitter account or blog
presence by a writer tip the scales in getting a request or offer? And do
you require writers you sign to start one?</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">No, not for me. Yes, a
presence can give a good insight to a person’s dedication and their
personality, etc., but the writing and voice and my connection with the story
is where it counts. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And no. I will discuss
social media with my clients and will support and guide them if they choose to
set something up. I have two clients who are not at all active on Twitter. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>If a writer makes
changes to their manuscript due to feedback should they resend the query or
only if material was requested? Does it make a difference if the changes are
from an R&R with another agent?</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I think only if material
has been requested. What has happened and what I like is if an author emails me
and explains that they have already queried but would like to remove this and
re-query in the future since they are revising based on feedback. I’m good with
that approach. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>What themes are you sick
of seeing?</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">None, really. I mean, all
themes and concepts are repeated and have been for years and years, so this is
why we say read widely and always look to add a fresh spin on something. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Do you look at trends or
editor wish lists when deciding to sign a manuscript?</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Yes and no. I spend a fair
bit of my week perusing editor wish lists and recent book deals, so it’s
impossible not to have this at the back of my mind when I’m reading queries.
But ultimately I have to fall in love with a story and see the potential if I’m
going to offer. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Do you consider yourself
a hands-on, editorial type of agent? Does a manuscript have to be sub-ready or
will you sign stories that need work?</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Oh yes. I love
brainstorming and editing and I’m not at all afraid of hard work. Being part of
a writer’s growth is an honor. I’m able to look over typos or too much telling
or wobbly pacing, etc. if I fall in love. As long as the author is up for some
hard work as well I’m totally game! <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>What is your biggest
query pet peeve? Is there anything that automatically sinks a query for you? </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Other than receiving
queries for categories I don’t represent (picture books and adult), not really.
I guess when authors send long long long queries with too much or very little
detail about the actual book. That’s quite off-putting. Keep the pitch part of
your query to about 200 to 250 words. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>What three things are at
the top of your submission wish list?</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Middle grade. Middle grade.
Middle grade. Will this work? <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>What are some of your
favorite movies or books to give us an idea of your tastes? </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I have such varied tastes,
to be honest, but I have listed some of my favorite books in my bio on the
Storm website. For me, characters are key. If the characters have depth,
conflict, and a clear voice, I’m generally hooked because I care. Make me care.
Please. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Kate is an associate literary agent with Storm Literary Agency and a children's author writing about friends, family, and dogs. Originally from a small town in the south east of England, she now lives on the Gold Coast in Australia with her family and two rescue dogs.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"></span><p></p>
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<p style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">Writers have copious amounts of imagination. It's what makes their stories so fantastic. But there's a darker side to so much out-of-the-box thinking. When a writer is in the query trenches, their worries go into overdrive. They imagine every possible disaster.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here to relieve some of that endless worrying is a series called Query Questions. I'll ask the questions which prey on every writer's mind, and hopefully take some of the pain out of querying. These are questions that I've seen tossed around on twitter and writing sites. They are the type of questions that you need answers from the real expert--agents!</span></p><p style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm so happy to bring Query Questions back from the dead with new interviews. Since I stopped doing interviews, a whole new crop of agents have settled into the business, and I'm sure people would like to know more about them.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Today we learn a little more about foreign agents with Margot Belet of <a href="https://www.agentur-literatur.de/" target="_blank">agentur literatur Gudrun Hebel</a> in Germany. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9jeuHRWVyLxhUdt2g0mQi9KZCFolftD79FGUcGnbaue4GvXD234BMja0CzmJWdA2nW4lG_exrVpyjgNMi9R_ZOxAB4w4Ce8QfQgofFbA8eq1XKpfvTwYwDkHR-PAZc50v-a5_bslQfFQ/s2048/Agent+photo_Margot+Belet.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1705" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9jeuHRWVyLxhUdt2g0mQi9KZCFolftD79FGUcGnbaue4GvXD234BMja0CzmJWdA2nW4lG_exrVpyjgNMi9R_ZOxAB4w4Ce8QfQgofFbA8eq1XKpfvTwYwDkHR-PAZc50v-a5_bslQfFQ/s320/Agent+photo_Margot+Belet.JPG" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Is there a better or worse
time of year to query?</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I read
submissions whenever I find a spare moment, so the short answer is no. However,
I would avoid sending out submissions during the holidays (for us in Germany,
that's mainly Christmas, Easter, and a few weeks in July-August) as well as
during the weeks leading up to the major trade book fairs (Frankfurt in
October, London in March, BookExpo America in May). Nobody wants their
submission to end up at the bottom of an agent's inbox.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Do you look at sample pages
without fail or only if the query is strong?</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As long as
the query fits the genres/themes I'm looking for (or is somehow intriguing
enough to make me forget about those genres), I'll always read the sample
pages. <a name="Bookmark"></a>Most authors, especially those new to the business,
have a hard time writing the “perfect query” (if there even is such a thing).
That doesn't mean that their book won't be awesome. Right now, I still feel
like those judges on “The Voice”, when a new singer walks up the stage – every
time I open a new manuscript, I hope to be swept off my feet and to want to
“push my button” to get that author on my team! I just started building my
author list a few months ago though, so there might come a time when I get less
curious and excited, and more cynical.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">How open are you to writers
who have never been published? </span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Very open.
Writers who have never been published will probably have less trouble finding
an agent or a publisher than those who have already published some works that
did not sell well. Every first-time writer might still turn out to be the “next
big thing”. If previous works exist, however, publishers will want to know why
these weren't (that) successful, and why the new work is going to be different.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">How important are comp titles?
Is it something you want to see in a query? Are movie/tv reference okay as comp
titles?</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">That depends
on whether decent comp titles are available. If you've written something
boundary-breaking and genre-defying, don't try to define it with comp titles.
If, on the other hand, you've written something that clearly fits one genre or
is inspired by a certain tradition, comp titles might really help me decide
quickly whether your query fits my tastes. A warning here: comp titles raise an
agent's expectations, so don't use very famous/brilliant ones if your work does
not closely resemble them – the agent will only be disappointed once they start
reading. And please be more creative than “the next Harry Potter”. Unless
that's exactly what you've written – in that case, send it my way immediately!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Do you prefer a little
personalized chit-chat in a query letter or would you rather hear about the
manuscript?</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The more you
can tell me about the manuscript without wasting too many words, the better.
That obviously does not apply to “personalized chit-chat” that helps convince
me why you're the perfect person to tell this particular story. If you've
written a murder mystery and you're a forensic pathologist in real life, that
would be extremely interesting to know.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Many agents say they don't
care if writers are active online. Could a twitter account or blog presence by
a writer tip the scales in getting a request or offer? And do you require
writers you sign to start one?</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Perhaps it's
because I'm part of a newer generation of agents, or because I've worked at a
nonfiction editorial department before becoming an agent, but I think it does
help if authors already have a fan base on blogs/social media. Especially for
nonfiction books, where authors usually need to be experts on their topic. Many
fiction authors are not active online, and some make the conscious decision not
to get distracted by all of that, and that's fine too. But if an online
presence is something that defines/excites you, why not highlight that in your
submission? <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">What themes are you sick of
seeing?</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I used to
really love romantic comedies, but lately many of those stories just feel so
exaggerated – I'd like to read more genuine feel-good romance about real
relationships. Apart from that, I am only sick of seeing submissions that do
not fit my wish list (see below), that don't address me or at least the agency
by name (“Dear Mr./Mrs.” just won't do) or pretend to be personalized messages
but actually aren't (“I think my work would fit your agency's profile really
well!' – really? Why?). I expect authors to do some research before submitting
their work: sending the same email to a hundred agencies rarely works. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Do you look at trends or
editor wishlists when deciding to sign a manuscript?</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My colleagues
and I talk to editors regularly. Even when we're trying to sell a specific
title, we might get the reply that an
editor is not interested in that right now, but would be excited to read genre
x or topic y. If a suitable submission then appears in our inbox, that could
influence our decision to sign that manuscript. More often than not, however,
it works the other way round: I read a manuscript, my gut tells me that this is
something special, I will sign it and then find the right publishing partner
for it.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Do you consider yourself a
hands-on, editorial type of agent? Does a manuscript have to be sub-ready or
will you sign stories that need work?</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm
definitely an editorial agent! Working together with authors to make characters
more believable, to speed up (or slow down) the story's pace, to solve plot
holes and avoid style mistakes is the most fun part of my job – I could never
stop doing it. I might not have the time to make manuscripts 100% perfect
before sending them out to publishers (that last step will be your editor's job),
but I try to get them as close to perfection as possible. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">What things are at the top of
your submission wish list? What are some of your favorite movies or books to
give us an idea of your tastes? </span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm currently open to queries in the
following genres: <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">- Quirky,
contemporary <b>fantasy</b>, often with a fairy-tale touch and/or a portal that
leads to a world filled with wonder. Some of my recent favorites include <i>The
Invisible Life of Addie LaRue</i>, <i>The Night Circus, The Hazel Wood</i>,<i>
The Ten Thousand Doors of January</i>, the <i>Caraval </i>series,<i> </i>and
anything by Neil Gaiman. I'm also a massive <i>Harry Potter </i>fan – for me,
fantasy is less about swordsmanship and epic battles than about cozy armchairs
and talking animals. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">- B</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">elievable, subtle <b>romantic
comedy</b> that doesn't focus on the world of fashion or on slapstick scenes
(like the female lead clumsily tripping over her own feet). I'm also looking
for other <b>optimistic </b>narratives about navigating life. My favorite
titles include <i>The Keeper of Lost Things</i>, <i>The Memory Shop, The
Reincarnation Blues</i>, and most of Jill Mansell's and David Nicholls's work.
My all-time favorite movie is <i>Love Actually</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">- <b>Murder mysteries </b>rational enough for the
reader to guess along (anything inspired by Agatha Christie, escape rooms, and
puzzles). I'm currently reading Stuart Turton's high-concept murder mystery <i>The
Devil and the Dark Water </i>and loving it. Movie-wise, I recommend <i>Knives
Out</i>. I also enjoy a good, unexpected twist towards the end, like in many M.
Night Shyamalan movies. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">- Select <b>nonfiction</b>, especially about animals
(from extinct to unexpectedly cute, like in Sy Montgomery's <i>The Soul of an
Octopus</i>) or other living things (trees, shrubs – surprise me!). The best TV
equivalent is anything by David Attenborough, especially the mind-blowing <i>Planet
Earth II </i>(which has better story lines and more believable characters than
some books out there).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Margot
Belet moved from Belgium to Berlin, Germany to join the “agentur literatur
Gudrun Hebel”</span><i style="background-color: transparent;"> </i><span style="background-color: transparent;">agency in June 2020. Although Dutch is her native
language, she was brainwashed early on by her anglophile parents. Her love
affair with English-language literature started with “Jane Eyre” at the age of
12 and despite this being just slightly overambitious, she has never looked
back. After two MA degrees – in Sociology from a Belgian university, and
European Culture at University College London – Margot went on to complete a
PhD in Cultural Sociology, during which she developed a Twitter roleplay
exercise that helps adolescents enjoy reading. Of course, she also gathered
publishing experience: at literary agencies in London and New York, and as a
fellow at the nonfiction editorial department of the German trade publisher
Rowohlt. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">As Margot is not yet added to her website there, she has given me her submission information. Any writers whose work fits my wish list are welcome to mail a short author bio, synopsis (the whole story, with spoilers) and the first 40 pages to: <a href="mailto:margot.belet@agentur-literatur.de" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: blue; cursor: pointer;" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:margot.belet@agentur-literatur.de">margot.belet@agentur-literatur.de</a></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Writers have copious amounts of imagination. It's what makes their stories so fantastic. But there's a darker side to so much out-of-the-box thinking. When a writer is in the query trenches, their worries go into overdrive. They imagine every possible disaster.</span></span></span><br style="background-color: white;" /></span><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here to relieve some of that endless worrying is a series called Query Questions. I'll ask the questions which prey on every writer's mind, and hopefully take some of the pain out of querying. These are questions that I've seen tossed around on twitter and writing sites. They are the type of questions that you need answers from the real expert--agents!</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm so happy to bring Query Questions back from the dead with new interviews. Since I stopped doing interviews, a whole new crop of agents have settled into the business, and I'm sure people would like to know more about them.</span></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thanks to <a href="https://www.jdlit.com/megan-barnard" target="_blank">Megan Barnard with </a><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://www.jdlit.com/megan-barnard" target="_blank">The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency</a> for starting us off!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNVR2Q6HCxjRVXoQqcDYCnass7LK_XZlCZe3F3k5A4A7lRB1tZL2lYQ_YZbpHYyxmf1GpCXr6Ez7PsZOpWFwk5_IAL-2yYqSKJoKq22bPYVj2Ahy8_RpfgYtvBZL0P3YLs2GF4AEOIqVI/s2048/IMG_6493.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1782" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNVR2Q6HCxjRVXoQqcDYCnass7LK_XZlCZe3F3k5A4A7lRB1tZL2lYQ_YZbpHYyxmf1GpCXr6Ez7PsZOpWFwk5_IAL-2yYqSKJoKq22bPYVj2Ahy8_RpfgYtvBZL0P3YLs2GF4AEOIqVI/s320/IMG_6493.jpeg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;"><b>Is
there a better or worse time of year to query</b>?</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;">Not
for me! I tend to look at queries in batches--and that’s usually just when I
have time. I might be slower to respond during the holidays, but I always
respond to every query and submission I receive. </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;"><b>Do
you look at sample pages without fail or only if the query is strong</b>?</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;">I
would say 80% of the time I look at sample pages--I know how hard it is to
write a query! The only time I wouldn’t look at the pages is if the book is in
a genre I don’t represent, or it totally disregards my guidelines. </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;"><b>How
open are you to writers who have never been published</b>? </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;">I’m
totally open to unpublished writers! I love working on debut novels and helping
guide new writers’ careers, so send your debuts my way!</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;"><b>The
dreaded rhetorical question in a query. Are they as taboo as the rumors say</b>?</span><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;">I
don’t reject queries because there’s a rhetorical question in the query. A lot
of agents don’t like rhetorical questions because we get them so often, and <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">I think there’s usually a more interesting
way to put the question, so I would just </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">really</i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> think about whether
you need that rhetorical question before you send your query. </span></span><span style="background: white; color: red; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>How important are comp
titles? Is it something you want to see in a query? Are movie/tv reference okay
as comp titles?</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Comp titles are really
helpful for me because it helps me picture where your book would sit on a
bookshelf. Movie/TV references are fine as comp titles, though you do generally
want at least one book (published within the last 3-5 years) as one of your comps.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Do you prefer a little
personalized chit-chat in a query letter or would you rather hear about the
manuscript?</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I don’t really care
either way! If you comp to a book I recently tweeted about that can be nice
especially since I usually say if I’m looking for something similar, but I
don’t reject queries if they’re not personalized. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>How do you feel about
writers nudging on full/partial requests? At what point is it appropriate?</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I answer all queries and
submissions. I try to respond to all queries within 6 weeks, and full/partials
within three months. After that, it’s totally fine to nudge and never bothers
me. I’d say give most agents at least three months with requested submissions
(but check their guidelines first!) but tell all queried agents about offers of
representation as soon as you get one. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>When a writer nudges with
an offer, what length of time is helpful to give you enough time to consider? A
week? Two weeks?</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I’d say at least 10 days,
but two weeks is great as it gives agents a bit more time to read. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #282828; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Many agents say they
don't care if writers are active online. Could a twitter account or blog
presence by a writer tip the scales in getting a request or offer? And do
you require writers you sign to start one?</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #282828; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I don’t care about
social media for fiction writers. Platform is really important for nonfiction,
so you do want to be active on social media if you’re writing nonfiction. I
think it’s important for fiction writers to have some kind of social media as
it can help them connect with readers, but it’s something we can work on and
build slowly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #282828; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #282828; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>If a writer makes
changes to their manuscript due to feedback should they resend the query or
only if material was requested? </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #282828; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I’m always happy to get
read a new query if the manuscript has been significantly revised.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #282828; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Do you look at trends or
editor wishlists when deciding to sign a manuscript?</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If I love something, I’ll
sign it. Trends and wishlists change so quickly in publishing that only trying
to rep books that fit certain molds would be a nightmare! I do look at
wishlists when thinking about what editors to submit to, but that’s after I’ve
offered representation. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Do you consider yourself
a hands-on, editorial type of agent? Does a manuscript have to be sub-ready or
will you sign stories that need work?</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I’m an editorial agent. I
have a background in editing, so if I love something but think it needs work,
that wouldn’t necessarily turn me off. It just depends whether I have a
specific vision for what a revision would look like.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>What is your biggest
query pet peeve? Is there anything that automatically sinks a query for you? </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I automatically reject
queries for books in genres and categories I don’t represent. I’ll also reject
them if I don’t get an actual query, like just a synopsis or pages where the
query should be. Otherwise, I don’t reject things for minor typos or small
things like that. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>What three things are at
the top of your submission wish list?</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;">Historical
fantasy like <i>Circe </i>or <i>The Snow Child</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;">Nonfiction
that combines memoir and nature writing like <i>The Outrun </i>or <i>The Salt
Path</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;">Lyrical
literary fiction like <i>The Island Child </i>or <i>The Good People</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>What are some of your
favorite movies or books to give us an idea of your tastes?</b> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Books: <i>The Lake House</i>
by Kate Morton, <i>Circe</i> by Madeline Miller, <i>The Island Child</i> by
Molly Aitken, <i>Inferno </i>by Catherine Cho, <i>I’m Telling the Truth But I’m
Lying </i>by Bassey Ikpi, <i>A God in Ruins</i> by Kate Atkinson. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Movies/TV: The Office,
Schitt’s Creek, The Crown, New Girl, Downton Abbey, Top Chef, La La Land, The
King’s Speech, Pride and Prejudice, Anne of Green Gables, About Time. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><br /><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Basic, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Megan joined The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency as an Associate Literary Agent in 2020, after interning for nearly three years at several top literary agencies, including P.S. Literary Agency and Folio Literary Management. She has worked as an editor and copywriter and has a BA in English (with a concentration in Creative Writing) from Hollins University. When not working, she runs, drinks coffee, and travels widely. Her favorite places to read across the globe are Île Saint-Louis in Paris, Pacific Grove, CA, and Portmagee, Ireland. In reality, though, she spends most of her free time shuffling her towering stacks of books around so they don’t kill her or her husband.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So I've started journaling about my experiences during the pandemic of 2020. This is the second post and covers the period I became sick.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I started the second week off work about the same as the first week, cleaning. People at home were either cooking or cleaning. I'd picked cleaning and had already washed all the throw rugs and the downstairs curtains. There had been some changes in our state. The governor had closed schools officially on March 19th. At this point they were shut down until May 1st. Of course, that didn't last either.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Everything was up in the air during this time. It was the time of rapid changes. Governor Holcomb announced on Friday, March 20th (my daughter's birthday) that all nonessential businesses would close on the upcoming Tuesday. Nobody knew for sure what an essential business was. Some things were obvious: healthcare providers, grocery stores, and pharmacy. But it included a lot of other things, including building trades. My husband and his boss and co-workers were trying to decide whether that included them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Together, they voted to work on Tuesday, the day of the closures. Parts of the county were closed down to all but essential travel, other parts were open. People were learning slowly what they should do and what they shouldn't. Could we go for drives if we stayed in our cars? Could we go to the parks if we kept apart? Playgrounds were closed. State parks became free as nobody now manned the gate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The term social distancing became a thing. What had been allowable, groups of fifty became groups of ten and then no groups at all. Stay six feet apart. Grocery stores put marks on the floor to show us where to line up to keep apart. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Everything was uncertainty and fear. Stories of covid-19 survivors had yet to float around social media to remind us that most people weren't going to die. If you caught the disease at this point, everyone assumed the worst would happen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Tests seemed to be things for famous people. Actors like Tom Hanks got tested. NBA stars got tested. Politicians got tested. Ordinary people not so much. As I found out first hand.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Tuesday March 24 we started shelter at home. My husband, as an essential worker, went to work. I read the paper and started washing the bedroom curtains. I worked a puzzle. I ate lunch. At home. Alone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Soon after lunch, I felt different. I got that feeling behind my eyes, my head felt hot. How do you describe a fever? You just know when you have one. We'd thrown out our digital thermometer a few weeks ago. It just wasn't accurate. I put in a new battery, but it was too hard to use. Too hard to get an accurate reading because you had to hit the exact right spot on your temple. Impossible.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Instead we had an ancient mercury thermometer I inherited from my parents. There weren't any left in stores.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I got out that blast from my past and checked. Well, waited three minutes for the reading to take and then checked. That little silver line had shot up to the 1 in 100. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I had a fever. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I texted my husband as I considered what to do. Feeling sick not just from the fever. I'd had a dry cough all winter. I always have a dry cough all winter when I first get up. That cough had lately been kind of an all-day thing. Just there. Not really bothersome. Now with a new meaning. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'd felt a weight on my chest for a few days. Probably everyone had. It was stress; it was panic; it was too much time listening to the news. Or was it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Those were the three symptoms given at that time to watch for. Fever. Cough. Shortness of breath or pressure in the chest. I had all three. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My husband texted me back. The frantic fear coming through the three short words: On my way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">All his co-workers packed up. That's what the word "fever" did. It had power. They got their tools and went home. They would stay home for the next two weeks, even though they had never been near me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">News reports said symptoms began to show from five to twelve days from point of contact. It had been eleven days since I worked in an elementary school full of children.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As our doctor had retired this year and we hadn't found another, I called one of the three hotlines for our county for those without providers. They answered promptly. I wasn't put on hold. Things went fast and I had a tele-medicine appointment with a doctor for three o'clock. I'd get an email with a link.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I put on some zen meditation music and went back to my puzzle. I got the curtains from the dryer and hung them up. My husband came home and felt my head, hugged me. I took my temp another million times, using the oven timer to record when three minutes had passed. The silver line stayed at 100. (I remembered you did have to shake the thing down and it still went to 100.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Three o'clock came and I followed the link and clicked the prompts. I waited for the doctor to show. Words can't describe the emotions. Nerves. Fear. I was hot and cold at the same time, another symptom. My head and body hot. My hands, arms, and back cold.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The doctor came on. Asked about my symptoms. I could obviously carry on a conversation at this point. I had the breath to speak in complete sentences. The video showed my cheeks were red. More signs of the fever. I coughed a little. Told them it was dry cough. No, I hadn't coughed anything up. No, I didn't have any phlegm or congestion. No vomiting or diarrhea. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He asked if I'd traveled. No. Had I been in contact with anyone who tested positive for Covid-19? Not that I knew, but I did work in a school. He told me tests results were taking five days to return. He said I would be well before the results came back. He said call back if I have trouble breathing. That was it. No test for me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Honestly, I didn't want to be a bother. I didn't want to be around the health workers who were risking their lives and maybe make them sick. Take their time away from sicker patients. I let it go and took some Tylenol. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I was feverish all day and evening. I stayed on the couch with a blanket and watched Love Island and then probably a movie. My husband kept me company. That night, I woke feeling hot, yet craving more blankets. It was the kind of hot that felt good. I wanted to be hot to kill the virus. I remember being sweaty. I slept well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The next morning and all day Wednesday no fever. I began to notice that I felt winded after talking. I could still have conversations but now I felt breathy. The pressure on my chest was still there. It didn't come and go as my stress levels grew or diminished. It stayed constant. The cough didn't get worse. It really never bothered me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We stayed home. We did some things. I got up and showered and acted like normal. I had more appetite than normal. I felt hungry all the time. I wandered around the yard and looked at the plants starting to poke up from the dirt. My husband cleaned up leaves and I picked up a few.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">That night I woke at 3 am feeling like I couldn't breathe. I was breathing but it didn't feel like it was doing any good. There wasn't enough air. The panic I felt certainly didn't help. The humidifier running in the room wasn't helping. I got some water, walked around. It didn't get better. I have a history of stuffy nose at night. It is something that happens to me every night. Having plugged-up nostrils didn't help either. I tried counting my breaths and paying attention to each one. Telling myself I was obviously breathing. It didn't help.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Then I remembered we had a full bottle of Vicks VapoRub. The home medicine my grandmother had put on us when we were little. She used to rub it on our chest at night and then safety pin a wash cloth to our nightgowns to keep them clean. My mother would put it under our noses when we were sick. We had a bottle my daughter had bought for a cold and left here. She liked to take off the lid and sniff the vapors. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I got the bottle. Put some under my nose. My stuffy nose opened. I started to relax. The scent of Vicks VapoRub was safety. It was home. It was family. I thank God for that bottle of Vicks. I have used it every night for the last weeks and still use it as my symptoms sometimes persist even three weeks later. Somehow with that and counting my breathing I got back to sleep. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Then next day, Thursday the fever returned in the morning. It stuck around all day and that night. It was under 100. I decide to call the hotline again. This time I got a different doctor and I didn't have to wait two hours. She video chatted with me inside of 15 minutes. She had a lot more sympathy. I admit I broke down describing how I had felt unable to breath the night before. How I felt winded when talking. Admitted it was scary. She asked the same questions. What was my cough like? Had I traveled? Had I been in contact with anyone positive. Same answers. She said it was now taking eight days to get results. Same script. I would be well before results came in. I appeared to be mild. How many deep breaths could I draw in fifteen seconds. I did four. She said that was good. Call back if it gets worse. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">That was the last time I tried to get tested. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The fever kept on all Thursday. Just noticeable. Not as bad as Tuesday but ever present. Again I moved around my house as normal. Got dressed. Followed my routine but staying inside. Rested on the couch. Watched TV. Several times I woke in the night feeling unable to breath, but not as bad as the first time. I had my Vicks now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Friday morning started out with more fever. That vanished by lunch. The doctor had said to isolate until my symptoms disappeared. That seemed too vague now. Until my cough went away? But I had a cough all winter. It always lasted until the furnace got turned off and the air had more humidity. Turning off the furnace was weeks away where we lived. We were getting short on food.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My sister risked herself to go to the store and get us some groceries. She left them outside our door and we talked to her through the window as she stood way back. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Saturday the fatigue hit. No fever. Little cough. Still a weight on my chest. Still sort of breathless when I talked. We tried to take our dogs for a walk. Something safe to do as the streets were deserted and there's lots of open space. Something we usually do two or three times a day for at least a mile. We are big walkers. I'm not in bad shape. The elementary school a block away was always deserted now. We headed there. I began to get tired. My heart beat faster than normal. I struggled. I couldn't talk. We headed back and I wondered if I could make it. Inside our gate, I dropped into a deck chair, exhausted. I would sit there ten minutes before I recovered enough to go inside. I had gained a new symptom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Another came a few hours later as we watched a movie. I didn't share it with my husband as it was too scary to talk about. My neck felt thick and tender. It gradually occurred to me I had swollen glands in my neck now. Not going to lie, that freaked me out all over again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The fever never came back, my swollen neck was mostly gone the next morning, but the drastic fatigue lasted several more days. I continued to wake up at night, feeling like I couldn't breathe enough. It wasn't until like a week later that I drew in some really deep breaths and realized that I hadn't been doing that for days and days. I hadn't noticed that I really wasn't able to breath deeply. When the doctor had me count my deep breaths that first week, they were actually pretty shallow. Breathing is something you take so much for granted that I wasn't able to compare how I used to breathe to how I was now breathing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The shallow breathing was gone and I hadn't figured it out until the deep breathing came back. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Day five and then day eight passed, days when people's breathing often got worse as reported on the news. Mine didn't. I was able to remind myself this must be a mild case. I wasn't going to die. That was a big thing toward my recovery.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The pressure vanished from my chest. When I woke with a stuffy nose, I was able to go back to sleep quickly. I could take our lonely isolated walks without needing to rest afterward. I felt almost normal at times.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But it didn't leave entirely. Whether it is from stress or from whatever I had, I still have episodes when the pressure comes back. When I feel winded. Even over three weeks out, where we are now, it still happens.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now I wonder about anti-body testing. Would it show I have anti-bodies if I could get one? Am I maybe immune now? As far as I know, there aren't any tests for that in our part of Indiana yet. Or only for critical care workers. Will I ever know? I don't know. I could be out helping, possibly immune.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When I think about it now I feel angry. Really angry and I don't get angry often. I had all the symptoms and still was denied a test. Because there weren't enough tests. Now I am left to constantly wonder. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Am I immune and don't know it? Though no one really knows how immunity works or even if it truly exists yet. People in South Korea had relapses after testing positive and became positive again. Nobody knows. Maybe immunity only lasts a week. Maybe I have it. Maybe I don't. Maybe I'll never know.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the three weeks since I got sick, the world has spun out of control and also stabilized. Staying home and hearing bad news has become the normal. Events unfold a little more slowly without all the drastic closings, though the Summer Olympics were rescheduled for a year from now. Indiana schools lost the entire rest of the 2019/2020 year. All the stores except essential services are closed now. Basically that means just the retail clothing stores are closed. Hardware stores are still open. Car repair. Oil changes. I did a drive-up drop-off for my dog to get his shots. No contact. Just a masked worker taking my dog away, pay over the phone and talk to the vet, and then my pet returned. We wash our hands after getting the mail. We wash our hands after getting the newspaper. We put packages in the basement for a few days to "cool" off. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We go to get groceries once a week (try to only go once anyway) and pick up my mom's prescriptions by drive through. We wipe down the ATM with Clorox wipes before inserting our checks.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After two weeks we considered my symptoms gone. My husband's small group of four went back to work, nervously, but they started a new house. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Wisconsin was forced to vote in person by the Supreme Court and stood in long lines to exercise their rights. I cried for them. I cried for essential workers and medicals experts. I cried for our mail woman. I cried for the people on Twitter announcing they lost family members. I told grocery workers thank you with new feeling. It is easy to cry during these weeks. Not just for me. For a lot of people.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The state park campgrounds closed and I will miss camping. Seniors lost their graduations and their proms.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Bernie Sanders dropped out of the race by video and Biden stands alone. Democrats talk about voting by mail in November. The president refused to fund a failing postal system--at least at this point. Bad news after bad news, though we still share good news. 500,000 recovered, maybe including me. I enjoy people sharing their Animal Crossing stories (Can't get my own game. There are no Switch to be found.) Christopher Walken reading <i>Where the Wild Things Are</i> as only he can. A singalong show of stars singing Disney songs. Those are the things that entertain us. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Stimulus money of $1200 per person is starting to arrive. I pray for the people suffering without jobs and the people suffering who have lost loved ones. The people who have gotten sick and the people who will get sick. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The numbers have risen drastically. Over 600,000 infected in the U.S. Over two million world wide. Deaths nearing 30,000 in the U.S. New York maybe reaching their plateau. The virus is in two local nursing homes and the retirement convent of nuns at the college I attended thirty years ago. There are six deaths in our county and over 300 who have tested positive. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Protesters march in Michigan who want to get their hair done and buy fertilizer, virus be damned. 5.5 million more unemployment claims. Over 6 million unemployed in the week before this. So many I can't keep track of the totals. The stock market is up and then down. It's April 16th and everywhere is talk of re-opening, despite not having testing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For me, I don't want to re-open yet. It's too soon. I want an anti-body test. I want to know. Perhaps I should have tried harder. Perhaps I did the right thing by staying home. We are in the nobody really knows stage. Nobody really knows if they are sick. If they are immune. What will happen next. I don't think this world will get any easier anytime soon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">They are also studies that we will have to social distance until 2021. That there will be no concerts or in-person sports events for a year or more. That this could last a long, long time. I don't want that either. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It snowed yesterday in the middle of April. Today the snow is gone and the sun is shining. The sky is a summer blue. The grass is growing and will need mowed soon. The flowers are coming up despite the cold. I think our cold snap will pass and we will stand up again someday, too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The covid-19 epidemic of spring 2020, it seems that everything happened in a blur of speed, yet at the same time crept up as a series of gradual changes. Somehow the days now feel like both were true. We saw it coming and yet we didn't. For me what stands out wasn't being furloughed from my job--first for two weeks, then for two months, then for the rest of the school year, but the results of three polls.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It all started with short news stories of a sickness in China in January and February. Barely a thing to be marveled at. Entirely too far away to be meaningful to people going about their lives or concentrating on the impeachment of the president. But then the sickness hit in other countries. Iran. South Korea. Italy. And the story got bigger. We began to hear wash your hands, use hand sanitizer, avoid crowds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">By the time we thought to buy hand sanitizer, the stores were all out of them. After working at a school for year and years, I searched my dresser, my desk, my purse, and came up five travel-size bottles. Some still full. I had friends who are kindergarten teachers with stock piles of the stuff in their classrooms and borrowed a pump-sized bottle. We felt rich, but most people hadn't noticed the disease yet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At work, school went on as normal. Co-workers were beginning to wonder if they should cancel their plans for Spring Break in April, to skip that trip to Florida. I saw a tweet from Hillary Clinton in late February from Scientific America that mentioned stocking up for two weeks of groceries. We stopped going out except to the grocery store. I bought frozen food, canned chicken, extra snack, and paper towels. I grabbed one of the last containers of Clorox Wipes. Notably: I didn't grab toilet paper.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There were cases popping up in the U.S. in some states, but not everywhere.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And on Friday, March 6th, I created my <b>first</b> Twitter poll. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It asked one simple question: How often are you going out? Are you moving about as usual? Taking only needed trips? Or have you become the world's newest hermit? It was funny. A joke. I never thought it would get real.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here were the results from March 6th:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">72.2% Going out as usual</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">24.4% Only taking needed trips</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">3.3% Were hermits</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As most of my followers are writers and writers are often introverts, I thought the poll might have a slight lean toward hermits. I was surprised most people were going out as usual. After all, coronavirus had hit the US now. People were dying in Washington state. It was starting to appear in other states. Testing had started and was entirely too limited. Many people hadn't notice. The president had called it a hoax. Had said it would disappear. My stuffed pantry said I wasn't so sure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The week of March 9th we made more visits to the groceries stores. Three or four people wore masks. We had been using hand sanitizer heavily after we left any public place. We washed our hands when we got home. We stocked up, more. Shelves began to empty. I got one of the last packages of toilet paper at Meijers--Angel Soft Lavender Scent. I just took one because this is America. Why would I need to keep extra in my basement when someone else might need it?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Italy went on lock down. The epicenter had moved from China to Italy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This is the week colleges told students to go home. They pulled classes and put them online. University after university followed suit. They'd brought foreign students home the weeks before, from China, from Europe. I remember Purdue closing, then Indiana University, followed by Michigan State, our own local Notre Dame went next, followed by Saint Marys. All closed within days. Public schools in other states began to close for two weeks. Our school librarian had grandchildren in Portland and there was a case at their school. Another co-worker had her sister's Indianapolis school close for cleaning after a case.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Events closed: the NBA shut down their season, high school sports went without an audience, spring training stopped, concerts cancelled. The local theater stopped the Broadway showing of the Lion King. Movie theaters tried to spread out patrons and then gave up and closed. Sport after sport cancelled. No more, college basketball, no March Madness, goodbye hockey, everything but some golf events shut down. Writing conferences were cancelled. Music concerts gone. On and on. So many cancellations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Another co-worker came in and said stores were empty, no toilet paper to be found. We hurried to the store yet again and found this:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It began to hit home that normal was out the window. When we went to the store I took pictures of the empty shelves. Frozen fruit, vegetables all gone. Nothing in the water aisle. Little flour, sugar, and no yeast, few eggs. Some cleaning supplies were gone but others plentiful. Few tissues, paper towels, and little toilet paper. Canned food gone. Feeling scared or anxious became the normal state.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On one bright spot our son in Chicago got a work from home notice from his company. Something he could easily do as it's a software design company.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The next day, Thursday, March 12 Governor Holcomb gave schools a 20 day waiver. They could miss 20 of our required 180 days and not have to make them up. Our first local school system closed that afternoon. It wasn't mine. We had our first positive test case in our county. I spent the evening texting my boss with the closing I was seeing on Twitter because she wasn't on social media. Ohio closing all their schools. Michigan closing all their schools. We were still open.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Friday, March 13, I was afraid to go to school for the first time. We had cases here, in our county. Not just in Indianapolis. Teachers didn't follow their regular schedule. We expected to be closed at any moment. They were instructed to send all math and reading work books home with students. All Chrome books for the 6th graders to go home. Teachers were frantically copying packets of worksheets to send home. Our media tech frantically printed up step-by-step instructions on logging into important learning systems for parents and then stapled <b>every</b> child's password and login to the back, an incredible task that I don't know how she managed. Word was we weren't closed because we had so many at risk kids. Kids who needed our lunch and breakfast services. They were working on a solution.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At 2:00 they called all time card staff to the office. Fill out your time card for the rest of the two weeks and bring it down. We were told not to report on Monday. Only the cafeteria staff and custodians would now be the only ones working. Students would be expected to do two online learning days a week. They could drive up between 11 am and 1 to pick up a hot lunch. The plan was to close for two weeks. That wouldn't last.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">All evening we got emails from administration, sometimes with conflicting information. We would all be paid during the closure. (Huge sigh of relief) Teachers would switch to on-line learning. Students would be required to complete assignments and report attendance two days a week. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">That night, I did my <b>second</b> twitter poll. There were around 1700 cases in the U.S. The same poll as before. Just one week from the last. The results were a lifetime of difference. We were the same, but everything around us had changed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">23.9% Going out as usual</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">59.7% Only taking needed trips</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">16.5% World's newest hermits</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Several people said their usual was being a hermit or only needed trips so the results are what they are--unscientific. Still the difference from the last week was stark.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The week of March 16th is the week Governor Holcomb finally closed all schools--just for two weeks. It was my first week at home. My husband's work was slow and the weather uncertain so he stayed home. We made quick trips to the store to get what we could. Everyone now sheltering at home was cleaning A LOT. Doing puzzles. Baking. People posted funny memes about being home. Our pets became our co-workers. People learned how to use Zoom to teleconference and laughed as pets and kids wandered though. We shared our favorite isolation movies. Celebrities did videos of singing from their basements. Nobody wore pants and we laughed about changing from day pajamas to evening pajamas. We were scared, but still had our sense of humor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We also went to the local craft store and bought two puzzles. We were the only ones in the store and used hand sanitizer and washed as soon as we got home. We put the puzzles aside for days in a sort of quarantine because no one knew for sure how long germs could stay on surfaces. We washed our hands after handling the newspaper or the mail. Oh, and gas prices dropped under $2 a gallon. Way under. First down to $1.80 area and then lower. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A week and a new escalation. The governor closed restaurants and bars on March 16th. My daughter's fiance lost his chef job. They fired everyone the moment the announcement went live. Most restaurants did. Those with drive-thru or carry out stayed open, but dine-in options were gone. Unemployment was huge, but just getting started. We already hadn't eaten out for weeks. We went nowhere but the grocery store and that one trip for puzzles.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">That Friday I did my <b>third</b> and last poll. People were no longer unaware. They were scared. There were 18,000 cases in the U.S. California had gone on lock down. Deaths were being reported. Congress was trying to come up with a relief plan to help. The changes in the poll results again were drastic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1% Going out as usual</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">54% Only taking needed trips</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">45% World's newest hermits</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Things had changed, but the worst hadn't begun. Not even close.</span><br />
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