Oddbean new post about login | logout @a3976b27 @21149f3e Oh my gosh, I've started books that I thought were kinda sorta similar to mine just to discover they were awful. I'd then be gripped with anxiety wondering if I've written THAT? 😱 That's why I can see where you'd be distressed to have the agent who'd helped launch a book you couldn't finish. 😬
@7b682b86 @a3976b27 @21149f3e Then again, you might figure if she could sell a book that bad to a publisher, she could surely sell yours.
@2a9a6bfb @7b682b86 @21149f3e True 🤣 It's just that I'd be eternally wondering which category my book fell into. It's hard enough to keep up the confidence, you know? 😆 I am hesitant to call any book "bad," as they obviously appeal to some readers. It's a matter of taste, 9 times out of 10, and this book didn't do it for me.
@7b682b86 @a3976b27 So, when I queried The Way of the Wielder (Jack & Jaslan, book 1), the only agent who requested the full manuscript was the same agent for The Name of the Wind. I loved that book, and I was thrilled he asked to read the full MS. Literally giddy as a school girl. That was last August. I've never heard back. I was ghosted by the agent of one of my favorite books. Talk about a rollercoaster of emotions. 😬
@21149f3e @7b682b86 Oh dear, that is rough. But he must have seen something in it to request it in the first place. There are all sorts of reasons why he might have decided to pass. Though I think ghosting is rude, particularly with a full request. 😡
@21149f3e @a3976b27 Oh wow, I'm so sorry. You have all my sympathy. There could be lots of reasons why, but I can understand the hurt. I know I'd struggle. 🤗 Please keep in mind, though, that it's all subjective. For all we know, the agent had a death in the family the day they started your book, or were in a car accident. That's the quagmire that is publishing. Don't let it stop you! 🤨
@7b682b86 Yeah, ghosting is awful, and TBH it left a bad taste in my mouth. I didn't query him, or the agency, this time around. I'm fine now, but I definitely went through dozens of emotions as I processed what it meant. Like I said, a rollercoaster. I can only guess why he didn't reply, but like @a3976b27 said, he requested it initially (within a day of querying, in fact). I assume there was something he liked, but what that was, I'll never know.