I keep trying to remind myself not to judge myself against the outliers - the people who got 30 agent offers on their first query letter, the 18yr old with a 6 figure deal, etc.
300 agents 😮 I need to get my life together because I stopped after less than 20 agents twice and decided it all needed to be rewritten because no one liked it 😅 but I’m SO glad you kept going because I love your storytelling
On the one hand, hearing stats like anywhere from 60-95% of books die on submission—AFTER they got an agent!—is totally disheartening. On the other hand, you're right, 300 debuts a year! I mean, approximately. I was also encouraged by hearing how many authors were able to pick up shelved books (not all of them, but even 1 is a win!) after getting their first book deal.
I keep trying to remind myself not to judge myself against the outliers - the people who got 30 agent offers on their first query letter, the 18yr old with a 6 figure deal, etc.
300 agents 😮 I need to get my life together because I stopped after less than 20 agents twice and decided it all needed to be rewritten because no one liked it 😅 but I’m SO glad you kept going because I love your storytelling
On the one hand, hearing stats like anywhere from 60-95% of books die on submission—AFTER they got an agent!—is totally disheartening. On the other hand, you're right, 300 debuts a year! I mean, approximately. I was also encouraged by hearing how many authors were able to pick up shelved books (not all of them, but even 1 is a win!) after getting their first book deal.