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darklight
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I have a problem. The agent I have chosen to query next has a good list of clients and am happy to submit to them, but I'm not sure which department: Books or Childrens.

The childrens department sounds like I would have a good chance of at lest being read, but it states that they are looking for childrens books up to ages 13-14. My novel is YA, does this count as childrens, or should I think about sending to the general books department?


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Tricia V
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13-14 usually equals YA in my book.
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That was my thought too. Anyhow, I've decided its going to childrens. I'm hopeful about this. One more unrelated question, why would they want the synopsis double spaced?
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quote:
why would they want the synopsis double spaced?

I imagine so they can write in any comments/ concerns they might have about your plot.

[This message has been edited by annepin (edited September 24, 2007).]


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The usual rule for a synopsis that I have read is a one page synopsis is single spaced and over that is double spaced, so they may be assuming the length is more than one page. And very few people do a one page synopsis, I suspect.


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