Some really great stuff here. And of particular interest for my picture book authors out there.
Vicky pulls back the curtain on her life as an agent. Enjoy the read!
Some points of note:
What do you wish querying writers knew?
That a pass really isn’t personal. When an agent says something isn’t the right fit, they usually mean exactly that. The puzzle piece doesn’t fit the list right now, or they’re not the right salesperson for it.
What’s the best writing advice you’ve ever heard?
Write more than one book. So many writers pour everything into one manuscript and then treat every rejection like it’s the end of the road. But the writers who break through are almost never the ones who wrote one manuscript and waited. They’re the ones who kept writing, kept learning, kept building their craft across projects.