The best and worst of times

[pbray]

Continuing the theme of life after trilogy, my guest blog on balancing creative desires with publishing realities is up at Writer Unboxed.

Comments

[pbray.livejournal.com]

That rejection letter sounds interesting. It's one of those comments that can go either way--if you agree then you can consider reworking the project, but if you're satisfied with the language, then my advice would be to just print off a clean copy and send it out to the next agent on your list. What one agent considers "austere" another agent (or editor) might enjoy.

Individual taste plays a huge role in agents' decisions--I've seen this many times, where several agents pass on a story, before it finds the right agent who loves the story and is able to sell it.

[sylvia-rachel.livejournal.com]

Yes. Important always to remember that agents and editors are human beings :)