Yeah. I spent years trying to get an agent for my debut literary punk rock YA novel. Dozens of agents read the book; one agent read it three times and sent me these glowing emails about it but then disappeared. One agent literally told me it would be hard to market a book about an upperclass WSM. Everyone's looking for 'marginalized voic…
Yeah. I spent years trying to get an agent for my debut literary punk rock YA novel. Dozens of agents read the book; one agent read it three times and sent me these glowing emails about it but then disappeared. One agent literally told me it would be hard to market a book about an upperclass WSM. Everyone's looking for 'marginalized voices,' as if there are only a couple books by Black writers, etc. Walk into any major bookstore: You'll be confronted with the opposite. I have no problem with that, but be honest and open to ALL perspectives, not just a select woke few.
Yeah. I spent years trying to get an agent for my debut literary punk rock YA novel. Dozens of agents read the book; one agent read it three times and sent me these glowing emails about it but then disappeared. One agent literally told me it would be hard to market a book about an upperclass WSM. Everyone's looking for 'marginalized voices,' as if there are only a couple books by Black writers, etc. Walk into any major bookstore: You'll be confronted with the opposite. I have no problem with that, but be honest and open to ALL perspectives, not just a select woke few.
Here's my book (The Crew, by Michael Mohr): https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CTRRBM6J/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?ie=UTF8&qid=&sr=
I write about my experience here: https://michaelmohr.substack.com/p/literary-agent-rejections
Michael Mohr
Sincere American Writing
https://michaelmohr.substack.com/