Zeno agency

[Bowler1]

A few promising nibbles, Springs, let's hope you land an agent - good luck!

 

[Gary Compton]

If a Genie granted me a wish I would give it to Springs. You really want this and I for one will do an Irish jig when you get landed - big fish!

Assume the worst and anything else will be a bonus!

Keeeeeep Smiling

 

[Jo Zebedee]

You're both lovely. (Gary. ) I just wish i could get an agent to snap up the lot of us! I don't want to derail the thread, though, and hope those still in the window get something!

 

[Gary Compton]

Lets derail it. Sometimes being naughty is fun!

**Looks round to see if the moderators are looking**

 

[Jo Zebedee]

Hears hob nailed boots.

It was him!

 

[Gary Compton]

Hears hob nailed boots.

I bet they wear them!

 

[Montero]

And since this thread is already a weenie bit diverted, just wanted to say thanks for the link to Slushkiller. Also the comments are worth reading, in particular this one (which has extra significance if you've read the main article.)

#4 ::: Stephan Zielinski ::: (view all by) ::: February 02, 2004, 04:19 AM:
'Twas Friday, and the slush heap grows;
It rocks and teeters in my glare.
All hopeful, as the sheer height shows
Are the writers out there.
Beware the editor, my son!
With pens of red and eyes of pearl!
Beware the mail room glitch, and shun
The non-SASE-ed transom hurl!
I take the first sent screed in hand:
Long time the gibberish I scan--
I've never seen prose this damn bland;
Must answer; must make plan...
But as in weary thought I stood,
The bean counter, black tie on blouse,
Threw red spreadsheets, dodge though I could,
And cried for more cash cows!
I quit. I quit. My heart won't sing
I'm here to read, not to crush dreams.
I'm a lit geek, not marketing;
This underside's all seams.
But I have bills, and New York's cold;
Send no-thanks note, and move along.
At least he tried, his heart is bold;
Sign name to standard song.
'Twas Friday, and the slush heap grows;
It rocks and teeters in my glare.
All hopeful, as the sheer height shows
Are the writers out there.

 

[mistri]

Just saw this Springs, v good that they asked for another MS - believe me they would not do that lightly!

They have had my full for a month. I'm at that stage now where I wish I could fix it before they read it, but never mind. What will be will be - onto the next project in the meantime!

 

[Jo Zebedee]

In the essence of absolute truthfulness: they said yes if I asked if I could send it. It's good that they still have yours, Mistri, it hopefully means they're reviewing it.

 

[devaed]

Hi all, just reading through this thread and noticed mention of Zeno confirming receipt of a partial. Does anyone know if this is standard for them? They only asked for my partial a couple of weeks ago, so I didn't even think to expect anything from them for a while - but I didn't get anything saying they'd received it, either. And now I'm paranoid

 

[mistri]

Rejection from Zeno today, fairly nice form R. I'm fine with that, I was glad the partial MS did enough to get noticed but with hindsight the full did have a few structural flaws. And I think the WIP I'm working on now is much better, so maybe it's better luck next time!

Good to anyone else still under submission there

 

[anthorn]

I submitted a query last sunday and I just got the reply. Thank you for your query and for reading our submission guidelines, which we very much appreciate. Although The Long Game sounds like an intriguing project, I'm afraid it is not something we'd be interested in taking on. We nonetheless wish you all the best of luck in your search for representation.

 

[Aleph]

Hi, a newbie delurking. I have a full with them at the moment as well. We'll see how it goes.

 

[Brian G Turner]

Welcome chrons, Aleph, and best of luck.

 

[WriterJosh]

I submitted a query last sunday and I just got the reply. Thank you for your query and for reading our submission guidelines, which we very much appreciate. Although The Long Game sounds like an intriguing project, I'm afraid it is not something we'd be interested in taking on. We nonetheless wish you all the best of luck in your search for representation.

Okay, so you got the form response. That's literally the same thing I got, but with my title in place of yours.

Still, good luck to you. The hunt goes on for us both, and I won't stop until I get there.

 

[Jo Zebedee]

Hi, a newbie delurking. I have a full with them at the moment as well. We'll see how it goes.

Good luck!

 

[Aleph]

Good luck!

Thanks! Its a bit of an unusual story, so I am iffy about finding rep for it, but after some feedback, flicking the first 3k words and starting further in the story it actually came together really well. Xeno were the first people to look at the revised version.

Now to lurk and wait....

 

[Brian G Turner]

Zeno are now temporarily closed for submissions:
https://twitter.com/zenoagency/status/395573115746406400