🤣 noooo wayyyy. I had/have A LOT to learn and I’m extremely grateful and lucky to have found you! But it was nice to see that I had already done something right for a change!!
Writers can learn from my experience, my epic mistakes. I queried literally hundreds of agents. I even worked for an agent for a year. I became a successful book editor. My own work finally got published. But a lot of classic mistakes were made!
The book business is now....hate me more...dominated by females and as such you will never see war stories or fight stories or Hemingway macho (whatever that is.) What you write about matters...again, me more....than how well you write. Finally, originality is difficult for an agent to see. They see it as hard to sell. Remember Americans read at a 6th-grade level.
I (finally) feel good about something you recommended! Just checked my full query letter and it comes in at a sharp 279 words 🙂
Looking forward to the next webinar in February! Thank you again for taking the time to set them up!!
Colin is that to mean you usually feel bad about something I recommend??? 😟
🤣 noooo wayyyy. I had/have A LOT to learn and I’m extremely grateful and lucky to have found you! But it was nice to see that I had already done something right for a change!!
Ah you feel validated. 😉
This is helpful advice. Thanks, Renee! I’m looking forward to your webinar.
Looking forward to seeing you, Christa 😊
Great advice. It took me many years to accept criticism— even from a pro. Now I love and appreciate it.
Super helpful. I finally stopped at 56 rejections (including after a couple partial requests) to reassess. Ms is w a consultant now.
Great plan, Renee. Hope you find the issue.
Writers can learn from my experience, my epic mistakes. I queried literally hundreds of agents. I even worked for an agent for a year. I became a successful book editor. My own work finally got published. But a lot of classic mistakes were made!
https://michaelmohr.substack.com/p/my-writing-journey
The book business is now....hate me more...dominated by females and as such you will never see war stories or fight stories or Hemingway macho (whatever that is.) What you write about matters...again, me more....than how well you write. Finally, originality is difficult for an agent to see. They see it as hard to sell. Remember Americans read at a 6th-grade level.
Thanks for your thoughts, Michael. We’ve discussed this on a previous post. I stand by my previous response.