Another rejection today. I had sent a query letter to an American agent, and they came back with a form rejection letter within 24 hrs. That's fast! And very dispiriting, even though I had not really expected this agency to be interested.
Truth to tell, I'm coming to think my writing doesn't work in the US market, full stop. The example query letters on agent websites are just so chatty. It's supposed to be a business query letter, not a gushing outpouring of self praise. At least, that's how it feels to little ol kiwi me. NZers just don't do that kind of self promotion. At least, not one's of my generation.
That's the problem with rejection letters. They make you start questioning everything about yourself, your entire system of self worth. You have to go into mantra territory - keep repeating inside, over and over again. 'I can write' But maybe it's not true? I hate the business side of this writing passion. Who gets published - the best writers or the best self marketers? Is there an alternative way of doing it? If anyone has a better system of getting good writers out there, it would be great to hear from you.
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