Thank you so much for responding to my question, Erin. I knew going in that querying would be awful, but I didn’t imagine it would be THIS bad. Worst part so far is that my one full request yielded a form rejection. Without feedback, how do I know what was the turn-off? And then my overthinking brain spirals, doubting everything from the title to the comps to if I’ve made some dumb mistake in formatting my pages.
I really appreciate this post right now! A great reminder that it's not necessarily that my book is the worst thing ever written. :) My biggest struggle with querying is that I've gotten nearly all form rejections. BUT almost every single agent asks for 25-50 pages along with the query letter when you initially send it, so it's impossible to know if it's the letter or the book itself that's not grabbing them...
So you're stuck in the query trenches...
Thank you so much for responding to my question, Erin. I knew going in that querying would be awful, but I didn’t imagine it would be THIS bad. Worst part so far is that my one full request yielded a form rejection. Without feedback, how do I know what was the turn-off? And then my overthinking brain spirals, doubting everything from the title to the comps to if I’ve made some dumb mistake in formatting my pages.
I really appreciate this post right now! A great reminder that it's not necessarily that my book is the worst thing ever written. :) My biggest struggle with querying is that I've gotten nearly all form rejections. BUT almost every single agent asks for 25-50 pages along with the query letter when you initially send it, so it's impossible to know if it's the letter or the book itself that's not grabbing them...