Thread 24848797

>beta readers love it
>the edgy dick in my writers group begrudgingly likes it
>I followed elements of style to a T
>yet still, out of 500 queries, I get one partial request

Am I missing something? Is there, like, an automaton approach to send out queries and i just have to numb my heart and just focus on hitting every even somewhat open minded agent with automaton bullshit?

>>24848797 (OP)
good luck OP, maybe look for an artist grant because that's something you have more control over. it could also be that you don't have an agent. did ANY of them give feedback other than the partial request?

>>24848833
I mean I got a few non boilerplate rejections that praised my characters and stuff but those same rejections barring, like, two, didn't tell me to re-send after edits

>>24848797 (OP)
You're supposed to be selective, target people who work with stuff like what you've got, and personalize your query for them. Basically treat them like actual humans and not just stepping stone on your way to getting published

>>24848797 (OP)
>Am I missing something?
let's see your query letter. there are multiple things that can be wrong 1. your title 2. your summary 3. your bio, etc.

>>24848797 (OP)
>>24848833
>>24848841
>>24848843
>>24848844
>queries
>query letter
what the HELL are you guys talking about?!

>>24848927
lmgtfy

>>24848797 (OP)
They're judging you on your pitch and your first couple of thousand words at best, not the whole novel. Those are what have to be 99/100 to get a response.

>>24848797 (OP)
What you’re missing is the piles upon piles of works as good or better already flooding them.
Keep trying and don’t let this be your only weapon. Get buzz, get a social media following (this is ever more important). Write short stories, seek grants. You need to build a name to get out of the sea of grey mass of submissions. Stop thinking the quality of your work is the only or even the most important lever.

>>24849236
>get a social media following (this is ever more important)

>>24848797 (OP)
welcome to publishing. Where nepotism and social justice faggotry is the only way to success. Talent and persistence count for nothing. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.
>>24848843
That's a crock of shit. You write a horror piece, and there are only a handful of agents actually looking for horror. Half of them are looking for YA or middle grade horror. You rewrite you query for them, like oh yeah, yeah, my book is definitely middle grade fiction, sure, whatever, and they don't even fucking look at it. Twelve or so queries later and that's it, you submitted to all of them, now what?

>>24849408
>Twelve or so queries later
yeah i don't see how OP can submit to 500 agents. there aren't even 500 agents in the whole industry much less 500 devoted to his niche.

>>24848939
>lmgtfy
don't say you are going to do something and then not do it.
I don't care where you are from, that's just downright rude

>>24848797 (OP)
You should just self publish it and move on to your next book.

>500 queries
did you put an extra zero in here

>>24850203
I'll get to it

>>24848797 (OP)
>If you have a book you would like us to consider, please write a proposal.
>a proposal
>please explain why this book matters right now to the intended readership
>please compare it to competitive titles
>titles that you haven't read and don't want to read
>please talk about your target audience, in this era where no one reads books
>tell us your marketing plan, because we sure as shit don't have one
>please tell us about your already existing platform, which if you already had, you wouldn't need a traditional publisher
hey, I have an idea: how about I just do all the fucking work for you, you stupid kike assholes? Yeah. How about I put on a suit and tie and fly on down to your office in the big city and I sit at your desk and answer all your phone calls and read all your emails and then go home and fuck your fat faggot wife for you? Then I can drop your stupid fucking kids off at soccer practice and visit your mom at the nursing home for you. Then I can go to the book launch party, oh wait, you don't go to those or do those, do you? And then when I'm all finished I'll tag you back in and you can take all the fucking credit. How's that sound?

>>24850104
>yeah i don't see how OP can submit to 500 agents. there aren't even 500 agents in the whole industry much less 500 devoted to his niche.
Really? I once typed in "writing agents within 150 miles of me" and I got around 100. There's more than 500 across the country. of course, many of them looked like horrid SJW type places going by their internet page. Here's an almost-quote paraphrase from one's page.
"What I'm looking for is a pre-columbian YA fantasy dealing with x,y and z. In the early americas, before the white europeans arrived and screwed the world up. Expect several rewrites."
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I mean, just... smug, snark, bitchy. I once heard it said that all agents are but failed writers. So they all got a chip on their shoulder.