I submit,
therefore I suffer
"Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand."
~ George Orwell
That's correct...
Yours Truly is testing the publishing waters. First challenge... landing an agent. Not just any agent for the sake of having one either, but the right one for me.
As they say--
all it takes is only one 'YES,' and every rejection brings you closer to that.
Hopefully, it's true!
Querying Log
Talbot Fortune Agency
Andrea Brown Lit.
Irene Goodman Literary - Rejection
Seymour Agency - Requested Synopsis and first 50 pages - Rejection
Steele-Perkins Literary Agency - Rejection
Fine Print Lit - Rejection (this email sent with disastrous glitches)
Knight Agency - Rejection
Three Seas Literary Mgmt.
Wylie-Merrick - Rejection
Ethan Ellenberg
Reece Halsey North - Rejection
Aaron Priest
Spencerhill Associates - Rejection
Trident Media Group - Requested Synopsis, Bio & full MS - Rejection
Kristin Nelson Literary - Rejection
Artists and Artisans
Andrea Hurst
Folio Lit - Rejection (Happy Bday to Me!)
Prospect Agency - Requested full MS - Rejection
Curtis Brown - Rejection
Wendy Shermann - Rejection
Writers House - Rejection
Levine Greenberg
Amy Rennert
PMA Literary & Film Mgmt. - Rejection
Joy Harris Literary Agency
Artists Literary Group
Barbara Bova Literary Agency - Rejection
Book Ends, LLC - Rejection
Donald Maass Literary Agency - Rejection
L. Perkins Agency
McCarthy Agency, LLC - Requested 3 chapters & Synopsis - Rejection
Pam Strickler Author Mgmt. - Rejection
Richard Henshaw Group - Rejection
Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency - Requested first 50 pgs - Rejection
Lowenstein-Yost Associates - Rejection
The Park Literary Group, LLC - Rejection
Browne & Miller Literary Associates, Inc. - Rejection
Fox Literary - Rejection
Scovil Chichak Literary Agency
Sterling Lord Literistic - Rejection
Howard Morhaim Literary Agency, Inc. - Rejection
Marly Rusoff & Associates
Kirsten Manges Literary Agency
Frederick Hill Bonnie Nadell Literary Agency - Rejection
Harvey Klinger, Inc. - Rejection
Caren Johnson Literary Agency - Rejection
Loretta Barrett Books Inc.
William Morris Agency
Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency
Linda Chester Literary Agency
Stephanie Tade Agency
Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents, Inc. - Rejection
Susan Schulman Literary Agency
The Creative Culture
Meredith Bernstein Literary Agency - Rejection
Chrichton & Associates, Inc. - Rejection
Bradford Literary Agency - Rejection
Dystel & Goderich - Rejection
Elaine P. English, PLLC
Inkwell Mgmt.
Lindstrom Literary Mgmt - Requested full and biography w/outline of writing plans - Rejection
Waxman Literary (Stupid me, at 2am, forgot to send first 10 pages w/Query) - Rejection
Maria Carvainis Agency, Inc. - Rejection
Michael Larsen/Elizabeth Pomada Literary Agents (delivery failed)
Ashley Grayson Literary Agency - Rejection
Laura Langlie Agency - Rejection
Wolf Literary Services, LLC
International Creative Mgmt. - Rejection
The Firm
Allen O'Shea Literary Agency
Liza Dawson Associates Literary Agency
The Axelrod Agency - Rejection
The Damaris Rowland Agency - Requested first 50 pgs - Rejection
Jill Grinberg Literary Mgmt. - Rejection
Fox Literary Agency - Rejection
Wolfson Literary Agency - Rejection
TriadaUS Literary Agency, Inc. - Rejection
Judith Erhlich Literary Mgmt.
The Lauri Dail Literary Agency - Rejection
LJK Literary Mgmt. - Rejection
Ellen Pepus Literary Agency - Requested first 50 pages
The Plains Agency - Rejection
The Rappaport Agency (Jenny R., formerly of L. Perkins Agency) - Rejection (with a funny PS after rejection)
Talcott Notch Literary Services - Requested first 50 pgs plus synopsis
Firebrand Literary - Rejection
Kathryn Green Literary Agency - Rejection
Books & Such Literary Agency - Rejection
Helpful Links
Dealing with Rejection
Fiction Factor
Nasty Ride
Feeling Dejected?
Teresa Medeiros Blog
Don't Give Up!
About to begin Round 2... ding! ding! ding! ding!
(Although Round 1 isn't officially over)
Time for some inspiration to keep me motivated. What better advice is there than from one of my favorite authors ever, Karen Marie Moning.
Beware of Italics, Keep the Faith
I have a folder of rejection letters. I saved every one. And one day, I put my first contract in that folder too. That you're getting rejected means you're one step ahead of most people-- you're taking the risk and trying. Best of Luck!
Something Karen told someone else:
Trying to get published is going to hurt, it's going to make you cry, it's going to make you feel small and insignificant and hopeless at times. People will ask you (in condescending tones) "How's that little book of yours coming along?" (Little, my petunia.) You'll hate the mailman. You'll alternately feel like the worst writer in the world and a pretty decent one. And if you actually make it through all that and finish the story, land an agent, and get published-- guess what? You'll STILL feel all those things! LOL.
Querying Log - Round 2
Folio Lit
Fine Print Lit
Writer's House - Rejection
Wendy Sherman
Trident Media Group - Rejection
Harvey Klinger - Rejection
Book Ends
Sterling Lord Literistic
