Perseverance from Potter…Beatrix Potter!
Some of you guys who've followed my blog already know my specific story about perseverance when it came to finding an agent and publisher for The Elected Series. I started querying not really knowing the industry or how to write a good query letter. Halfway through my year of querying, I joined SCBWI and got more professional about my approach. But in that period, I queried 82 agents. Thus, I saw a lot of rejections or almost-signings that didn't end up happening. But…I kept persevering and honing skills. And in the end it paid off. I'm also one of those people who wrote a first...
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