I’ve seen other bloggers write about the submission process, and I’ve even seen bloggers post copies of the rejection letters. It’s entertaining.
But one has to ask: is it wise to do so?
Miss Snark advises against it. Suppose I query an agent, and she Googles me and finds the blog (which just recently started to show up). She reads down through the posts and sees that not only is she not the first to be queried, but that I’ve been rejected by X other agents! I’m early in the submissions process, right now (still in my top ten), but you never know how long it will take.
I need to mull this one over for a bit…
In the meantime, no news from my last bunch of queries. They’re still only about a week old, so I figure I’ve got another couple weeks before I hear anything.
As someone who’s about a year away from starting to query a list of agents similar to yours I’m very interested in the details of your submission process. That said, if you don’t snare an agent in the current round, I’d suggest that you either make the blog anonymous (which would of course require you to change both the title and domain name) or leave the rejection details out. I’m sure you’re aware that even the best-intentioned agents are usually looking at their slush pile submissions with an eye toward rejection — it seems wise not to give them an extra excuse on that front.
Best of luck.
Thanks for the input, Adam. I think you’re right. I don’t want to make the blog anonymous (the whole purpose of the thing is to have it as a promotional tool in the event I actually get published), so perhaps I’ll hold off on the posts about submissions.