{"id":430,"date":"2010-04-26T23:21:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-26T23:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/question-from-a-writer-7.html"},"modified":"2010-04-26T23:21:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-26T23:21:00","slug":"question-from-writer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/question-from-writer\/","title":{"rendered":"Question From A Writer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_l0Jv-SLk81k\/S9YgXm_UnuI\/AAAAAAAADhs\/Xfbn8cAV1fE\/s1600\/typewriter.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_l0Jv-SLk81k\/S9YgXm_UnuI\/AAAAAAAADhs\/Xfbn8cAV1fE\/s400\/typewriter.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464590787835895522\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hi, Cecelia,<\/p>\n<p>I am really blessed by your blog&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I recently got a rejection letter from a Christian publisher(who will remain nameless) for a manuscript query. Anyway, is it wise to submit a second query for a different story to the same publisher once you have submitted one that has gotten rejected in the past? Do publishers treat each query individually? <br \/>Signed,<br \/>A.P.<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A.P., you most definitely should submit again! Publishers get so many submissions that they&#8217;ll barely remember you&#8230;seriously! If all writers stopped at one rejection, never submitting to that same publisher again, then it&#8217;d be safe to say that about half of the commercially published books in America would never exist in bookstores!<\/p>\n<p>For both of the publishers that published my titles: Steeple Hill and Barbour, I submitted to these houses several times, over a period of YEARS before I was able to get an offer from them. <\/p>\n<p>So, keep submitting to that publisher! Also, be sure your story fits with the stories that they&#8217;re publishing. Can you see your book as part of their line? It&#8217;s something else to think about. I know I&#8217;ve heard editors state at conferences that the number one reason they reject books is because people submit novels that don&#8217;t fit within their guidelines or their lines.<\/p>\n<p>Also, don&#8217;t toss that manuscript yet! You need to <a href=\"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.blogspot.com\/2007\/02\/going-fishing.html\">go fishing<\/a>&#8230;there just might be another publisher out there who thinks your story is perfect for their house! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\">~Cecelia Dowdy~<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, Cecelia, I am really blessed by your blog&#8230; I recently got a rejection letter from a Christian publisher(who will remain nameless) for a manuscript query. 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