An efriend of mine had a very public self-described 'meltdown' over her lack of progress in finding a publisher. Her words were heart-rending because they reflected the fears of every low- and mid-list writer I know. We all worry that we won't
find an agent or our agent won't find a publisher, that the words we struggled over into the wee hours of the night will not resonate with the gatekeepers.
This exactly mirrors my current feelings about agencies and the publishing industry. Agents want to sign the BIGGEST BOOK ON THE PLANET.
But if they don't have faith and sign up a number of smaller or mid-list potential books, how are they going to know when they have found the next (insert current blockbuster here)?
Oct 20, 2012 @ 02:52:45
I wrote that almost a year ago and I feel the same. I have an agent, but finding the publisher and wrapping up edits–it’s been over a year and I’m still pre-publisher. I have several Indie books that were published and are selling nicely.
I’m just sayin’
Oct 20, 2012 @ 11:16:33
I queried 120 agencies. Of the half that replied, only half of them bothered to write more than two or three words.
In the end it felt like I was begging them for a job. Been there, done that and it’s degrading.
Will give my book some time on Amazon as I put the sequel together and perhaps try again, but with less desperation in my heart this time.
Oct 20, 2012 @ 15:16:34
They train us to move on, don’t they?
Oct 23, 2012 @ 10:00:45
I began to feel as if I was missing the Supernatural Romance wave…even if I’d hooked myself an Agent – it would still have been six months to a year before anything would have found its way onto a shelf.