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Edit: Whoa. I *definitely* did not expect to see THIS in the daily favorites. O__O Thank you so much, everyone!
Part II!
Thanks for all of your wonderful replies to Part I [link] . It's always encouraging to know that there are so many aspiring writers out there. Sorry this image is so..........long......... O_O But really, this was the minimum amount of info I could put in about finding a literary agent. There are alot of books out there on this topic as well, so if you want to know more details, look for them online or at a bookstore. I hope this helps you out, if you are an aspiring novelist!Note: For poets, nonfiction, and short story writers, this tutorial is unfortunately not applicable..... The process of submission for those forms are vastly different!
Thanks again.
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You're very welcome; I'm glad you found it helpful!
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ERROR: information overload.
Will have to save these to my hard-drive for future reference.
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Thank you so much. I have no idea about how the world of getting published works. This has given me a new-found desire to finish my story and get it out there!
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hey marie, i've been reading your book on your site marie-lu.com and i was wondering if you finished the glass sonata and havent posted it on there, or aren't finished with that book yet, so its not on the website.
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I am indeed finished with The Glass Sonata, just haven't posted all of it on the website.
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i see, haha, you got me addicted and its stopped at like the most exciting time >< lol
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Oh man.. that makes me feel even more scared about the whole thing than before! Aaargh.
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There there.
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Yeah, I will, in a few years when it doesn't scare me so much. O.O
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Alright! Hopefully, this will at some point turn out to be very useful! Thank you!
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Wow, just reading this makes my Novel feel closer to publication.
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I never saw this one before...what useful information. I'll have to look into an agent now, thank you very much. = )
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Omg, I had no idea there were agents for publishing writing..........I'm glad I know now........
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Yep, it took me a while to learn about agents too. Very crucial step in the process.
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these 2 tutortials are fantastic! Bravo! And thanks for spreading the information!
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Wow, thank you for writing this! Very enlightening.
Would you happen to know if the process is the same in other countries?
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Just wanted to say thanks for this tutorial.
You made the process very easy to follow and understand, and it doesn't even seem intimidating now!!
Plus, having an idea of where I'm going next gives me great motivation to FINISH MY BOOK.
So thanks again!
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You're welcome, and I'm glad you found this helpful!
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Great advise, thanks very much. And there I was with a half written book starting to send away the first three chapters to literary agents. I'll be sure to finnish it off before I carry on.
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I'm keeping this for reference. Whee~ ^_^
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Very interesting... hmmm... maybe someday I will...
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I think Donald Maas was one of the agents my query was rejected by.
According to this and your Getting Published I, I have been doing everything correctly and in the proper professional manner. I just have a box full of rejection letters. *Grin* Just need to follow up on the "Keep on truckin'" part of the process.
I'm working on a new novel, now, though, and have fallen somewhat out of love with my first *somewhat good* novel (which actually isn't my first novel, my first novel is this horrible thing I'm embarassed by that will never see the light of day again until I revamp it completely). I think the story I'm working on now is quite a bit better, less cliche'd (though being "cliche'd" is actually what the finished novel is supposed to be - it's a world based on cliches and all the characters know it!).
As for literary agents you've submitted to and been rejected by in the past... do they remember you if you've submitted once? I mean, for, if I wind up submitting a query for the novel I'm working on currently (when it is finished) to some of the same people I submitted my first novel query to? Would they remember me as "a writer we have rejected in the past?"
Thank you for the tutorials! They've very informative!
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This is sooo helpful. I was looking to publish a novel once I finished it. Your two tutorials have shown me what to do and how to do it. Thank you very much
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You have absolutely no idea how helpful this is to me. I've always wondered how these kinds of things work; I'll have to 
Thank you!
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... Thank you so much! 
MUST FINISH BOOK AND KIDNAP AGENT!!
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Thank you thank you thank youuuuuuuuuu! Been dying to find something even remotely similar to this (step by step but cuts straight to the point for each and isn't confusing to read), so I'm very happy to of run across this. It's always nice to find fellow writers on DA who were able to get published, because I think that makes others feel a lot more comfortable with the whole process.
I never knew about the word count either (the 300-500 pages), so that's a good thing to keep in mind. Now I don't feel so bad about the story becoming ungodly long later on. I can now go to town with my story without a worry
As a last note: THANK YOU for listing those three Writers Conferences. Been trying to hunt them down without much luck and here you go listing one that is right in my state! Thanks!
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If you're going to the one in Colorado this year, I'll be there!
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When does the Colorado one occur? And do you have anymore information on it or perhaps a website link I could check out?
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Wow..again very helpful. I do have one question when you have time, do you know anything about those self publishers?? The ones you pay for that are suppose to help you get published and put your books on Amazon or somthing like that. Autherhouse is one of them. My question is, are they..really good to get into? Is that a way to go?. Again thank you. *smiles...
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Wow this is full of amazing information that is so truly useful to me. I have taken all what you have said in mind and will store it in the back of my mind untill my novel is complete ^^ Thanks. 
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This is so helpful thank you! Really!
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My word, you are the most awesome person ever! I'm writing a book, and everyone keeps saying you need an agent, and I had no idea how I could get one, but now when I'm finished, I'll try that out
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Ironically, the book I'm currently working on has that exact structure.
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Er, can't say anything that wasn't already said... THANKS!
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I absolutely ADORED this tutorial 
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whoops. *deviation* Preview is my friend
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I'm fortunate that this DID make daily deviation! I've been working on a paper which is supposed to parallel a project. Every senior in my school is required to do a project of some sort to graduate and mine is to get my novel published. I've been having a hard time finding any information on this (and you were right to mention Tor in the first part, but they take many many months to get through all of their papers) so I'm glad to see all of this here.
It's been very helpful thus far, and the coloration holds my attention further. Were it simply text, I would've read it but jumped around a bit. Very professionally done!
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This is a fantastic idea and you executed it beautifully.
What an extremely thoughtful tutorial.
You deserve all of the success and happiness you can find and more. : D
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Thank you so much for making this tutorial! I've already decided as of...almost a year ago.....(I think)that when I get older that I'm going to try and become an author since I enjoy writing so much, I'm sure this tutorial will help me eventually if not now ^__^
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