Thanks again, Tracey

I wake up extra early in the morning to write before my internal editor wakes up. Then, generally, I go back to sleep for an hour, wake up and voila, agent-self is ready to go . I have an agent to represent =my= work so that during the business day I can focus on my authors.

Historical romance with paranormal elements seems to be doing well. (Actually, anything with paranormal these days!) Westerns…I keep hearing they’re coming back, but I haven’t actually seen much evidence of it. Sorry!

Best wishes,
Lucienne

I’ve heard some agents say that they only read the first page or two and if it doesn’t grab them, they don’t read on. Do you generally read the full chapter if you liked the query letter and hook?

Thanks again,
Tina

A lot of my authors have come to me via the query process – Lynn Flewelling, Diana Orgain, Rosemary Clement-Moore to name just a few, so yes, it’s perfectly possible to land representation through querying.

-Lucienne

I definitely give more weight to the chapters. I need the synopsis to see where the plot is going, to make sure it’s not too out-there or predictable, to make sure the pacing looks good and the ending satisfying, but I don’t grade synopses. I’ll generally read the query letter, then chapters, then synopsis. However, the writing of them is a good skill to learn. Early in your career you’ll be selling on a full manuscript, but down the line it’ll be just chapters and synopsis, so the need will always be there.

-Lucienne

Thanks for taking time out of your busy schedule to chat today!

I’ve never gone to nationals or a regional meeting, and there’s a good chance that for quite some time I won’t be able to either. I too am a workaholic, holding down 3 jobs while also writing. =) Is it really possible to get an agent via querying? or will only meeting in person do?

carrie

When you receive a query with a synopsis and the first chapter, what do you look at first? Like so many writers, I hate writing a syopsis, and it probably shows. My writing voice does not seem to come through when I write the dreaded synopsis.

Do you give more weight to the voice in the first chapter or the synopsis?

First, I want to say how excited I am about Healing Luke. I can’t wait to get my hands on it.

How do you balance your agent career with your writing?

Also, can you give my your take on historical romance with paranormal elements, specifically Highlanders? And then too, on Western Romances, which I heard at Nationals were dead, but heard afterward from others that westerns are making a comeback.

Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions.

Renee