Brilliant advice, thank you. I think it's so easy to look for reasons for a rejection, when sometimes the fact is it's just not a good fit (at least this is what I, a querying author, tell myself, lol).
I watched an Instagram live with Holly Root of Root Literary a few years back and she said that querying is like dating. Just because someone rejects you doesn't mean your QL or manuscript is bad. It could just be not for them.
I like your reframing of the question: is this serving my story? I'll definitely keep that in mind!
It's so hard when sometimes a lot of "not for me" can mean it's time for another look at the query and/or manuscript, but sometimes "not for me" really does mean "not for me, but perfect for somebody else." !
Brilliant advice, thank you. I think it's so easy to look for reasons for a rejection, when sometimes the fact is it's just not a good fit (at least this is what I, a querying author, tell myself, lol).
I watched an Instagram live with Holly Root of Root Literary a few years back and she said that querying is like dating. Just because someone rejects you doesn't mean your QL or manuscript is bad. It could just be not for them.
I like your reframing of the question: is this serving my story? I'll definitely keep that in mind!
It's so hard when sometimes a lot of "not for me" can mean it's time for another look at the query and/or manuscript, but sometimes "not for me" really does mean "not for me, but perfect for somebody else." !