I dared to email an attachment to an agent
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Posted by Cynthea on May 30th, 2006 filed in my story |
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Yes. That's right, folks. I attached three sample chapters to my email when I queried my agent. Keep in mind: the agency's guidelines said query with three chapters and a synopsis for novels. Then it said queries would be taken by email or mail. So I was okay to email. But understand my dilemma. Did this mean I should only "query" by email (nothing attached) or attach my sample chapters? To figure this out, I utilized every theorem in Philosophy 101 (or maybe it was Algebra…if a + b = c, then c-b = a…) Finally, I came to a conclusion. It wasn't my fault I didn't know what to do. The agent didn't have to open the attachment if she didn't want to. And if she deleted me for being stupid, so be it.
I typed in my query and attached the sample chapters and the synopsis. I pressed the send button.
Six hours later, I received this email:
Ms. Liu,
Please send the complete manuscript to the address below, ATTN: AGENT. On the outside of the envelope, please write REQUESTED: MS TITLE. This will ensure that I open the ms. sooner than later. Looking forward to reading MS TITLE.
Agent
And now you know.
If you're taking the crash course, return to step seven.
For more on email submissions, read post, how to package a submission.
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