Hello, I'm an eighteen year old writer and have just finished writing and revising my first novel.
I am sending out query letters to agents, and though I take pains to research their agency, making sure that I conform to their preferences, I keep getting responses that my particular story isn't right for them.
Now, I'm wondering, could it be possible I'm miscalculating my story? It is about an FBI agent on the hunt for a serial killer, I label it as mystery/suspense since we spend equal amounts of time with the killer and the protagonist, and because the novel reads like a game of cat and mouse. Could it be that this genre boarders horror?
I could use some advice.
Thank you
PS. I'm also curious if I should tell the agent my age on the query letter. I fear that they would not take me, or my writing, seriously if they find out I am so young.
Hello, I'm an eighteen-year-old writer who has just finished writing and revising novel.
I am sending out query letters to agents, and though I take pains to research their agency, make sure that I conform to their preferences, I keep getting responses that my particular story isn't right for them.
Now, I'm wondering, could it be possible I'm miscalculating my story? It is about an FBI agent on the hunt for a serial killer; I label it as mystery/suspense since we spend equal amounts of time with the killer and the protagonist. The novel reads like a game of cat and mouse. Could it be that this format boarders horror?
I could use some advice.
Thank you
PS. I'm also curious if I should tell the agent my age on the query letter. I fear that they would not take me, or my writing, seriously if they find out I am so young.
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