Submission Care Group 5

Good luck, Nikki!

 I'm waiting on agent feedback on my new proposal before that goes off to Richmond.  :)

Nikki - I read on the I heart presents web site that they had 150 entires. Good luck!

My dizzy subsides some when I hang 'round other folks waiting too:)

Nikki, l love dragons! Jodie, I know what you mean when you say "forever"!! Michelle, good luck on your proposal. 

I just mailed a full length Nocturne to Ann Leslie on Friday so I'm going to hang with you guys while I wait to see if she likes it.  Nervous would be an understatement:/

Barbara~

Nikki, Michelle and Jodie!!

And my agent is Jennifer Schober with Spencerhill Associates (I wasn't ignoring you all...I was ah, still are knee deep in revisions!)

And Stacy...your cover is beautiful!!! Congrats!

Heaps of luck to Nikki, Jodie, Barbara and Lis on your submissions. You too, Dee.We are busy little bees here in Subcare. Good to see.

 Christyne, I've heard great things about Jennifer.

Good Luck in your sub Lis....I've been following your ride for a while and you are so close....we need to keep the good news and vibes happening! 

I just got an email this am....and have been offered a contract for a novella I wrote for another epub....been trying to get my foot in the door there since Jan....such a great opportunity......needless to say, it made my day!

Good luck to all still waiting!  I am proof that it can happen, and well, when it rains, it pours...but in this case I'll take it!

Hey Xandra....I can only speak for myself.....technically you don't need an agent for Harlequin category...they accept unagented material, and there are several very successful authors like Michelle Styles, Donna Alward who don't have agents and sell regularly to Harl.  (correct me if I'm wrong girls).....but, if you want to break into single title....most houses will only accept agented material....Mira and HQN which are Harlequins single title lines...you need an agent to submit, and again, most of the other NY houses....you certainly don't need to be pubbed to get an agent, I wasn't.....and I decided to query agents  because I knew I wanted to go after single title....so that's what I did and I was lucky enough to snag a wonderful agent and she was able to sell my book for me....this is a great place to ask questions and you can do alot of research online....Jessica Faust has a blog she posts from her agency's website and it's very informative....you can learn a lot by reading her past posts....good luck with the search if you're looking....you can also check out agentquery or agent tracker, and preditors and editors.....(give a list of the ones to avoid.)

To Jules on your great news!  Keep us posted on launch dates and whatnot.

Just wanted to post that I've sent in a requested full to Superromance.  After coming in first runner up in the Conflict of Interest Contest, I received some editorial suggestions and a request for the full manuscript.  Took me a few months, but I finally completed it and sent it in last week.

Jodi, we'll be waiting to hear from them together, looks like.  Good luck!!! 

That goes for everyone who is waiting.  I do like knitting.  Not sure how cyber knitting would work.  I get little balls of cotton yarn and knit simple dishcloths.  My best plotting happens while I'm knitting (or walking) but only if the project is simple.  Scarves are even better.

Good luck to everyone on their submissions.

150 ENTRIES!!

Wowzers... that's a lot of competition.. and it wasn't up all that long.. man, they got a lot of reading ahead of them..

crossing fingers and luck to all who enter..

At the RWA conference this year Ms. Swinwood requested a synopsis and partial.  I sent it to the Toronto address listed in the Spice guidelines per her instructions two weeks ago.  Today I received the submission back, unopened with "unknown" handwritten on the envelope.  That's why I'm wondering if she's still with Harlequin.  If she is, now what do I do? 

Thanks,

Arlene Tellez

Cyber knitting? Hmmmm.  I vote for "massages from cyber buff-guys!"

Nikki, I love dragons! Good luck on your wait! I'd think you should be hearing soon...

Dee, what line did you sub to? Good luck to you too! And put laudry away? Really? I suppose I ought to try that..... I often dress out of the clean laundry basket!!! :-p

Shelley, yep! Sounds like we subbed at the same time. Good luck with yours, and congrats on the full! That's big time! :-)

Arlene...I don't know your answer, but did you happen to address it only to Susan, with the address? I sent something once and forgot to write Harlequin on it, and it came back with the same message. When I re-sent it, I did it with "Harlequin Enterprises" and the address with "ATTN" to the person it was for.

Thanks Christyne, Barb, Suzanne, Nell, Jules, Xandra, Betty, Gail and anyone else I missed (I tried not to miss anyone, because I appreciate all the good wishes!)

my MSs generally go in the Blaze direction. :) I'm naughty. :)

Dee

The revisions went in back in Dec and March (2 books).

LOL at the naughty Spice. That is an option, lol, but when I get that naughty, I'm a bit different tone than Spice tends to go, so sadly, that's not an option. One never knows, though, I try to keep my mind open. (If only I could get my mouth to close!)

Dee

Oh, Dee just answered for me :) Yep, Susan's there, and she's a lovely, lovely lady :)

Congratulations Tina!  That is a fantastic R to get, because they want revisions!  You are so going to sell soon, I feel it in my bones!

That's fantastic, Tina. Do it! Do it! Do it! They must have really seen something they liked to go into those details and invite you to resubmit. Take full advantage of the opportunity.  I know you can do it because your skills have to be mad in order to have gotten that kind of attention!

Good luck,

Barbara~

Hugs on the 'R'. High fives on the revision suggestions and resub. Hope you jump on it. They must have seen something promising in your story. Go girl!!!

BTW, how long did you have to wait to hear about your full?

When they say "repitch" do they mean send in a new synopsis with a cover letter?  Or the whole revised ms?

((HUGS)) on the R, but it was a good one. Now get working on those revisions! lol.

SueB

Yes, when you've been invited to resubmit after changes, that's actually called a Revision letter and thus, it's Requested Material. And you're also absolutely right, remind them in the cover letter that you were asked to make changes and let them know you did so. :)

Excellent news!! Best of luck on those changes!

Dee

You can do it ,Tina . Take a few days to let all of the editors suggestions sink in and then you'll hopefully have a clearer idea of how to tackle the revisions.

Already said it on the Presents thread but I'll say it again, good luck with that request also. It sounds like you're very close.

Chris.

That sounds so promising. It's so good to get feedback like that, because a lot of the time we're working in a kind of void, not knowing if we're going in the right direction...but you so are! Congrats, get writing!!

Good luck, Tina!!!

What great news. Congratulations. You can do this... this is what you've worked for...go, Tina!

All the best,

Carol Hutchens