I definitely want to attend these! My manuscript here on Substack is about 4 chapters away from being complete...so this timing is perfect. I will say though — I don't know ANYONE who is doing any fiction on here that is getting approached by agents or publishers. In fact, I feel like this is a big lie about Substack: that agents and publishers are active on here looking for new talents. The agents I follow on here seem to just give advice about writing or how to write traditional query letters and send off your 30 page PDF to an email inbox to let it get dusty. It's been very discouraging for me so would love to know how to shift this...
Hey Annie! I've heard from a few people on Substack who got approached by agents, but even some of those writers decided to go the self-pub way anyways just due to the state of traditional publishing. Self-pub authors are thriving because they're getting their writing in front of readers, and a great example of this is Callie Hart whose self-pubbed book Quicksilver hit #1 on the NYT bestseller list and she got a 7-figure deal at Netflix for the movie adaptation. I actually share a lot of diff examples of how self-published fiction authors are crushing it and seeing a lot more freedom + autonomy + wealth from their work in my upcoming book!
I definitely want to attend these! My manuscript here on Substack is about 4 chapters away from being complete...so this timing is perfect. I will say though — I don't know ANYONE who is doing any fiction on here that is getting approached by agents or publishers. In fact, I feel like this is a big lie about Substack: that agents and publishers are active on here looking for new talents. The agents I follow on here seem to just give advice about writing or how to write traditional query letters and send off your 30 page PDF to an email inbox to let it get dusty. It's been very discouraging for me so would love to know how to shift this...
Hey Annie! I've heard from a few people on Substack who got approached by agents, but even some of those writers decided to go the self-pub way anyways just due to the state of traditional publishing. Self-pub authors are thriving because they're getting their writing in front of readers, and a great example of this is Callie Hart whose self-pubbed book Quicksilver hit #1 on the NYT bestseller list and she got a 7-figure deal at Netflix for the movie adaptation. I actually share a lot of diff examples of how self-published fiction authors are crushing it and seeing a lot more freedom + autonomy + wealth from their work in my upcoming book!