There have been rejections of various sorts in my mailbox and inbox, but I've finally received a request for a full copy of my manuscript.  Of course I don't know where this will lead, but I'm glad that I have the opportunity to provide it to an agent I met at ThrillerFest in Manhattan, last summer.  ThrillerFest is a writing conference targeted at the Thriller genre.  They had a session where we could make pitches to agents.  I saw about eight agents one afternoon. 

If you're interested in Thrillers, I recommend ThrillerFest.  It provided some valuable sessions about writing in general and elements associated with thrillers in particular.  There were many successful authors there, so there was ample opportunity to network and hear how others went from wannbe to successful.  Give it a try, you might like it.

I've sent out nearly 30 queries at the rate of about 3- 4 a week.  Most of them have been by e-mail, where agents will accept that form.  Following the submission guidelines, I've included synopsis and chapters where specified.  So far all responses have been negative, something along the line of "not right for us" or "I'm not the agent for this novel."  A few have commented positively on the the storyline, but said that the particular sub-genre is difficult to sell right now.

I continue to send, but have been thinking through an idea for a short story I'd like to submit to Writers Digest.  I need to start writing again, rather than focusing of querying, I guess.