Choice Words for September

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As you know, this year I began to submit my novel 'Shadowbinder' to literary agents. After ten rejections, a reassessed novel, and a rest over the summer break, I'm about to re-start the process. I'd like to say that I'm revved up and raring to go but the truth is that doubts are beginning to chip away at my self belief. I've come to the conclusion that the only way to get where I want to go is to keep on keeping on so I'm readying my next submission.

Novelist, Claudia Cruttwell writes about this whole process in Finding An Agent: Why You Shouldn't Give up. Well worth a read if you too are feeling fraught from submission rejection.

10 easy ways to put agents off in your submission letter
Piers Blofeld

Comments

  1. Karen Wojcik Berner26 September 2016 at 15:27

    It's a long, agonizing process. I wish you luck, Fi.

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  2. Stephanie Faris3 October 2016 at 12:34

    You definitely shouldn't give up! I'm proof of that. I can't tell you how many agent/editor rejections I got before finally getting one and it's been only great things since then!

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  3. Kelly Hashway3 October 2016 at 15:59

    Best of luck to you, Fi!

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