Okay, I'm getting spooked by my glowing rejections...here's one...by the way they only got 50 pages (three months ago)...
I am pleased that we requested this material. I read it both with interest and admiration. However, in the end we are unable to offer you representation. The fiction market has been so difficult of late that I must feel a real commitment to any novel I take on. While I enjoyed reading __________ and found it to be the work of a talented writer, it didn’t elicit the passionate response that an agent should feel for any book they represent. I wish you the best of luck and trust you will find the committed representation every writer deserves.
I know there's a lot of form reject language in it...but I've gotten several along these lines...Is fiction (I'd call it accessible literary fiction) REALLY that hard to sell????
Or are they just lazy, spoiled by the ease of selling high concept nonfiction, or bullshitting me?
Clearly I'm fishing for sympathy here from my fellow "praised to death" writers....
I am pleased that we requested this material. I read it both with interest and admiration. However, in the end we are unable to offer you representation. The fiction market has been so difficult of late that I must feel a real commitment to any novel I take on. While I enjoyed reading __________ and found it to be the work of a talented writer, it didn’t elicit the passionate response that an agent should feel for any book they represent. I wish you the best of luck and trust you will find the committed representation every writer deserves.
I know there's a lot of form reject language in it...but I've gotten several along these lines...Is fiction (I'd call it accessible literary fiction) REALLY that hard to sell????
Or are they just lazy, spoiled by the ease of selling high concept nonfiction, or bullshitting me?
Clearly I'm fishing for sympathy here from my fellow "praised to death" writers....
