In the same vein as my previous post about less frequently asked questions about querying, I’m now posting the follow-up: Not-So-Frequently Asked Questions about submission for agented authors.
In the video, I answer the following questions:
- What if it doesn’t sell?
- Should I research my editors? Should I interact with them?
- How should I behave online while I’m on submission?
- How is being on submission different from submitting to agents?
- What if it DOES sell?
- What information should the agent be sharing with me while I’m on submission?
- What do I do to stay calm while I’m on submission?
- Why does it take so long?
- What’s the “Big Five”? What’s an imprint?
- What should I do next if my book doesn’t sell?
- What does it mean if an editor praises my book but still rejects it?
- What if the publisher wants to change my title?
- How do agents pitch books to publishers?
- Everybody else is getting book deals and I’m not! Is it just never going to happen for me?
- Can my agent dump me?
- How important is luck?
- What about direct submissions to publishers without an agent?
- What can I expect in terms of an advance?
- What’s the one piece of advice you would offer to someone who’s newly on submission?