That’s 47 rejections, including the 19 people who never responded.

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Thank you so much for allowing us the opportunity to review your novel,TITLE. We read the material with great interest and enjoyed your quick pacing and satiric style. However, I am sorry to say we must pass on representing this project. Unfortunately, we didn’t quite fall in love with the story in the way that […]

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To be honest the search is very discouraging as any writer, published or not, will admit. A very nice rejection can be almost more disappointing than even the most impersonal form notecard. When they tell you why they didn’t want to keep reading, it’s all you can do not to rip your hair out in […]

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Last time I sent out queries for SP (I’m dying to reveal the title but it’s so luscious I just can’t have it getting out until it’s been signed) the prospective agents couldn’t send their rejections fast enough. I would mail a letter to New York City on a Tuesday and get my SASE back by […]

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One thing my readers always note when they’re critiquing my books is that something that might turn an agent/editor off is my heavy use of questionable language in my every story–you know, words like fuck, shit, cock, piss, bitch, etc. But my characters are nearly never delicate flowers and most of them have mouths to […]

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I’m a month into my search for a new literary agent and I’m already bored and uninspired by it. Despite encouraging writers to send email queries on agency websites, email is obviously not the way to go if you want a response. (They warn that they might not respond if they aren’t interested, but personally […]

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