Want to know what 60 agents think?
Reading this simple post by Brian Hill and Dee Power can save you years of frustration, sitting in your house sending out thousands of unanswered manuscripts.
We get a candid look into the minds of these mysterious people who make the book world go round. The statistics and fiction intelligence are priceless. Know how this world around us works.
Check out the whole story for wisdom like this:
"In the decline letters they send to authors, agents often say they turned the author down because they aren’t enthusiastic enough about the material. A favorite phrase used by agents in turndown letters is, “I simply didn’t fall in love with the writing." (thanks to James Aach for the link)
Sorry for the slow posting these last two days. I'm in Washington D.C. covering My Very First Supreme Court Story, Ever. Very exciting. If you are into legal insider baseball, you can read my story about it here at Judicial Reports.
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