Reading, Rejecting, Revising, Representing.

Queries read: 472
Rejected: 434    Requested: 38
Request rate: 8%
Fulls read: 26. Fulls rejected: 22

I've rejected 22 full manuscripts now, and I wanted to take a moment to give you an idea of what leads to a rejection and how I approach my stack of full manuscripts.

For starters, I'll give every book a minimum of 10%. That means, generally, 25-30 pages. If I've requested your full, I've already decided you're a good writer and I like the concept. You've got 25 pages to reel me in.

Unfortunately,...