The Story of the Manuscript, Part 2: Agent of Chaos
THE STORY OF THE MANUSCRIPT, PART 2: AGENT OF CHAOS
States of Mercy was my third novel manuscript to be represented by a literary agent. I won't say her name, because she was a wonderful person and did her best, but couldn't make it happen. If she had a weakness it was that she refused to deal with smaller presses (and in her eyes, St. Martins was too small). She worked with the same agency that handled Joyce Carol Oates and E. Lynn Harris, so I really thought this was it. Unlike with the previous two manuscripts which received a slow drip of rejections over several years, she believed in this one so much that she sent it to editors at all the major NY publishers simultaneously. In the span of about a month, it was declined by all of them. The average rejection letter said, "This book should have a huge audience. It's just not for us."
https://www.amazon.com/States-Mercy-N...
States of Mercy was my third novel manuscript to be represented by a literary agent. I won't say her name, because she was a wonderful person and did her best, but couldn't make it happen. If she had a weakness it was that she refused to deal with smaller presses (and in her eyes, St. Martins was too small). She worked with the same agency that handled Joyce Carol Oates and E. Lynn Harris, so I really thought this was it. Unlike with the previous two manuscripts which received a slow drip of rejections over several years, she believed in this one so much that she sent it to editors at all the major NY publishers simultaneously. In the span of about a month, it was declined by all of them. The average rejection letter said, "This book should have a huge audience. It's just not for us."
https://www.amazon.com/States-Mercy-N...
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