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Hello, everyone. I've been a lurking for a while, reading the forums, and am impressed by how knowledgeable about the publishing and writing business everyone is.
So, as a new writer, I've just started querying my first, completed children's picture book (I have written and had some small, minor successes with other genres (a poem being published alongside other older, experienced writers' work and a short story being longlisted for a writing contest, so this isn't my first attempt at writing anything) and am now panicking about what might happen if an agent is interested in the book I queried, but then, isn't as fond of, or doesn't think they could sell anything else I write after that. What would happen, then? Would the agent decide to dump me as a client?
Before I queried my current story, I started writing other, potential, ideas I had for other children's books I might write, but they really don't/didn't have as good or interesting a plot as the one I currently am querying. It's the one I'm most excited about and proud of.
I'm a perfectionist who would want all of my future work to be as good as, or better, than this one, and I'm worried that I won't be able to come up with interesting or better ideas.
Also, in researching which agents to query, I'm a little intimidated by their expertise. So, I'm also worried that they might feel that I don't measure up as much of a writer, compared to their other, older clients who have more experience and have been publishing books for decades.
Thanks for your help.
So, as a new writer, I've just started querying my first, completed children's picture book (I have written and had some small, minor successes with other genres (a poem being published alongside other older, experienced writers' work and a short story being longlisted for a writing contest, so this isn't my first attempt at writing anything) and am now panicking about what might happen if an agent is interested in the book I queried, but then, isn't as fond of, or doesn't think they could sell anything else I write after that. What would happen, then? Would the agent decide to dump me as a client?
Before I queried my current story, I started writing other, potential, ideas I had for other children's books I might write, but they really don't/didn't have as good or interesting a plot as the one I currently am querying. It's the one I'm most excited about and proud of.
I'm a perfectionist who would want all of my future work to be as good as, or better, than this one, and I'm worried that I won't be able to come up with interesting or better ideas.
Also, in researching which agents to query, I'm a little intimidated by their expertise. So, I'm also worried that they might feel that I don't measure up as much of a writer, compared to their other, older clients who have more experience and have been publishing books for decades.
Thanks for your help.
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