Query Quest: Full Manuscript Request

I started querying my novel SECOND DAWN back in early June, and I expected to rack up a bunch of rejections and change my query and synopsis half a dozen times before I even sniffed a full manuscript request. Well, I’m delighted to be wrong. Early last week, I received a full manuscript request from a great agent. Let’s discuss that.

Remember, these posts are observations based on my admittedly limited experience with querying. In other words, this ain’t gospel, just me recounting my own experie...