Day 30: Wow, it's been 30 entries...

So, newwise, I got another "no" on a partial =(. It was a romance agent who thought I needed more description... I added a little bit more, but since I'm not writing romance, I don't really care what their distinctive faces and bodies look like. I hope that's not going to be a huge factor in getting an agent...
Odd thing happened today. I got another partial request in my mail, but my box also told me I had spam. It turns out that I've had another partial request for some time; it just got sorted into spam for some reason... Feeling apologetic towards the agent =(

Material Status: ( so i figured I'd list everything I've had, and put an "x" next to the one no longer active)

Partial 1: x

Partial 2: x

Partial 3: 9 weeks (nudged)

Partial 4: 27 day

Partial 5: 18 days

Partial 6: 17 days

Partial 7: 13 days

Partial 8: x

Partial 9: not yet... stamps D:
Partial 10: prepping

Partial 11: prepping

Full 1: x

Full 2: x

Full 3: x

Full 4: 26 days
Full 5: x

Full 6: 15 days

Full 7: 14 day

Midterm tomorrow. My TA took off 3 pts out of a 10 pt assignment for an incorrectly written bibliography. Really not happy with her...

Now I have to go find out what the deal behind caffeine is. I'll say this... I was fond of coffee until I had to separate its elements. Hell must smell like Calcium Sulfate + 1-propanol + caffeine

Turned down a commission for a flash game =( No time...

Day 29: No Writer's House

Semi-personalized rejection from Writer's House. Complexing context, interesting character, overall no go. I'm starting to think there's something wrong with the first chapters... Based on the comments, I don't think anyone's made it past chapter 14 yet... maybe the seeming-irrelevant-details-but-are-totally-clues-to-the-mystery's-solution need to be a bit more obvious.

I had a nagging thought yesterday after one of my... older friends (she's 35) read it and said that maybe my context is "too complex" for YA. I can't tell if she means I should try YA literary fiction or if I should put the book under Adult Mystery.
Either way, I hope it's not because she thinks teens and YA's aren't as smart as adults, because we very much are, thank you very much. Maybe not metaphysically, but logically, I'm pretty sure teens and adults have equally capacity...

Got another partial request. They want snail mailed partial. Need stamps... again. I think the bane of my existence is now stamps.

Good news: Lost my wallet the day before yesterday. Found it today. =)

Material Status:

Partial 1: 8 weeks (will nudge in a few days)

Partial 2: 21 day

Partial 3: 12 days

Partial 4: 11 days

Partial 5: 7 days

Partial 6: 7 days
Partial 7: not yet... stamps D:

Full 1: 20 days
Full 2: x

Full 3: 9 days

Full 4: 8 day

Day 14: I misread...

Chem midterm tomorrow. I'm nervous. Please God, give me an A...

Also heard back from another agent. No go =(

Funny thing happened today, so I apparently, I read the name of the full-manuscript-requesting agent wrong. It wasn't my partial-requesting-agent; their names are just similar. The partial the full-manuscript-requesting agent was referring to was actually the attached first five pages at the bottom of the email. So in other words...

Status

Queries sent: 8
Query Rejections: 3
Silence: 1

Partial Requests: 2
Whole Manuscript Requests: 2
Partial to Whole Requests: 0

Partial rejections: 1
Whole rejections: 1

Day 6: Cover Trial and Rejection

Yesterday, I heard from one of my other queried agents, and she rejected my query. My first rejection; I was kind of excited. Now I have one partial, one full, one rejection, and one waiting. Patterns, anyone?

While taking a break from studying, I made this. I know I'm not allowed to pick my cover if I do get my book published, but it's something to look at while I dream.

Status
Queries sent: 4
Responses: 3
Partial Requests: 1
Whole Manuscript Requests: 1
Query Rejections: 1
Partial rejections: 1