All Questions, Answered
This blog is nearly a year old! Since I’ve been posting once or twice a week for that year, there are a lot of posts for new followers to go through, so I decided to streamline the Q&A posts. Here are all of your questions, answered.
First, links to more specific answer posts:
Why aren't agents responding to your query (1)
The goal of each query letter is to get the agent you’ve queried to request the manuscript, whether that’s the full novel, the full memoir, the proposal for the nonfiction project, etc. (Some agents request partial manuscripts; I don’t, personally, if I love a book I’m reading I don’t want to waste time requesting the rest of it.) And then obviously the goal is for that agent (or multiple agents) to offer representation to you for the book.
Why aren't agents responding to your query (2)
In this previous post (Query Anxieties Part 1) I discussed some reasons your query email hasn’t gotten a response from an agent.
Did You Know (1)
I started making a list of these in my head when my clients would ask; comment below or send a DM if you have any you’d recommend I add (or a question you want to have answered) for a post #2.
Did You Know (2)
My first “Did You Know” post on taxes; epigraphs; edits and copyedits; submissions; and when your D&A advance will arrive got a lot of positive feedback! Here’s a couple more publishing facts that often surprise new authors; comments open.
And now, here are all of the Q&A’s from mid 2024 - mid 2025 in one post: