I got a R&R on a romance from an agent at the start of the year (the issues brought up were plot-related), and sent the revisions to her a month ago. Today I received a personalized rejection saying the narrative voice didn't work.
During this time I had also completed and polished another romance (we'll call this one R2). My plan was that if I got a rejection of R1, I could try pitching R2 to the agent, since at least I wouldn't be a complete unknown.
However, the comment about narrative voice gives me pause. I'm pretty sure my style hasn't changed between R1 and R2, and both romances are written the same way, with alternating points of view between the two main characters. Also, the rejection didn't say anything like "if you have another manuscript I'd be interested in seeing it". So I'm just wondering... does the comment about narrative voice sound to you like something reflective of my work as a whole, rather than a particular book?
During this time I had also completed and polished another romance (we'll call this one R2). My plan was that if I got a rejection of R1, I could try pitching R2 to the agent, since at least I wouldn't be a complete unknown.
However, the comment about narrative voice gives me pause. I'm pretty sure my style hasn't changed between R1 and R2, and both romances are written the same way, with alternating points of view between the two main characters. Also, the rejection didn't say anything like "if you have another manuscript I'd be interested in seeing it". So I'm just wondering... does the comment about narrative voice sound to you like something reflective of my work as a whole, rather than a particular book?