Got a request for a partial manuscript from a literary agent

Congrats, anon! I envy you. Any context for this to come about?

>>24556787
Just in the submission trenches. I have had partial and full requests before. No luck yet.
There's a booktuber who queried agents for 6 years before she got her first book published.
I'm not sure I have that mental fortitude.

>>24556756 (OP)
cgs

>>24556756 (OP)
>partial manuscript
what is that? like they say give me a few more chapts?

>>24556858
This one wanted the first c. 30 pages

Do you have a degree? What's your job? Are you a white man?

There's an agency I really want to submit to that opens to queries in August. I'm already trying to come up with a good query letter for them.

>>24557313
My degree is in East Asian Feminist Studies
I work for Crowds on Demand

>>24557322
Nice. Make sure that query letter is perfect
Expect lots of rejections but keep at it
People will have 40 query letters out at one time

>>24557404
>My degree is in East Asian Feminist Studies
>I work for Crowds on Demand

>Are you a white man?
So no.

>>24557224
What did you query with them initially? Just a letter?

>>24557497
Def a letter always in the US. Some want a logline. Some want a synopsis.

There are tons of YouTube videos about querying. And the query grind.

Some booktubers spend months (!) on their query letters and synopsis.

>>24557406
He was joking

>>24556756 (OP)
Fucking based