how i FAILED at querying my fantasy novel ❌ my real agent rejections, journey, stats, and advice
In this video, we're diving deep into why my book died in the query trenches. This is a tough one, so buckle up for the background of my first ever book (Project Vine), as well as my full querying preparation process, the timeline of my one year of querying journey with all its ups and downs, my full query statistics, and my advice for anyone querying right now or querying for the first time... As well as my plans for querying Project Lightwood at the end of the year! If you're looking to start your first novel, I have a series on how to write a novel for beginners in a year! You can find the first video here: • write your first novel in a year! ✍️ Week ... You can also find my Meet the Author video detailing my writing experience and journey here: • meet the author! 🌟 my writing journey to b... TIMESTAMPS 00:00 (Intro) 01:47 (About Project Vine) 09:38 (Querying Prep) 15:11 (Querying Timeline) 43:13 (Full Querying Stats) 44:28 (My Top 7 Querying Tips) 54:22 (Future Querying Plans) FOLLOW ME ELSEWHERE: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/deedication.... Twitch: / deedication Tips: https://streamlabs.com/deedication/tip MUSIC: Almost Bliss, Evening, and Revival by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... #querying #traditionalpublishing #writing #authortube #writingcommunity writing burnout failed at querying died in the query trenches querying agents querying a novel querying journey how to write a query how to prepare to query an agent how to find a literary agent query fail literary agent rejection querying process querying plans what i learned querying advice common querying mistakes aspiring author agent feedback query rejections how to get a novel published

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