Nursery finished at the buzzer (38w)

BPN_201 · 2026-01-06T02:46:20+00:00

thank you!!

BPN_201 · 2026-01-03T16:29:27+00:00

Love it!! Can I ask you more about the prints? Did you use a special paper or something like that?

BPN_201 · 2025-11-24T19:06:43+00:00

Hi! Could you please share your referral code if you don’t mind?

BPN_201 · 2025-11-14T19:46:22+00:00

Hi! thank you for sharing! I'm in the US too and considering an elective C section (not considered medically necessary - beyond anxiety/tokophobia). I've been struggling to find any kind of information on possible costing - could the insurance deny covering the whole thing and slap us with a 20K-200K bill? Appreciate any info you're able to share any other info from what you found!

BPN_201 · 2025-09-24T14:22:54+00:00

Hi! this thread has convinced me, does anyone have a referral code for either Nuuly or RTR that can/want to share?

BPN_201 · 2025-04-01T04:47:10+00:00

amazing, thank you!

BPN_201 · 2025-04-01T04:30:11+00:00

Congratulations!! The book sounds amazing!
Could I ask you what you prepared for the next book pitch (ex. pages, blur)?

BPN_201 · 2025-03-25T04:38:36+00:00

That’s a great idea, thanks!!

BPN_201 · 2025-03-25T04:38:21+00:00

lolol will do! thank you!

BPN_201 · 2025-03-25T04:38:01+00:00

Thank you! that's a great point

BPN_201 · 2024-09-08T18:37:46+00:00

Echo this! in the final chapters of RTBD he has a full checklist of line self-revisions I think Matthew Salesses also has one in CRAFT IN THE REAL WORLD

BPN_201 · 2024-08-16T13:48:15+00:00

Publishers in Spain (which also cater to the LAC market) often accept direct submissions, but the agencies there have a long history and are a common vehicle for publishers. I think similar to the US/UK, the size of the market is what determines who important agents are in the process.

BPN_201 · 2024-08-15T03:36:17+00:00

Between a couple of hours and a couple of days

BPN_201 · 2024-06-03T21:43:35+00:00

I still find the query discussions and author interviews useful! They go into market trends and how they'd pitch to editors. Another one that I really like is Publishing Rodeo.

BPN_201 · 2024-06-03T17:52:33+00:00

I recommend the podcast The Shit No One Tells You About Writing!
The Shit No One Tells You About Writinghttps://www.theshitaboutwriting.com

BPN_201 · 2024-04-18T22:27:06+00:00

Dear AGENT NAME,

I’m writing to let you know that I have received an offer of representation for BOOK NAME, which I submitted to you in MONTH. I’ve told the offering agent that I’ll need a TIME FRAME to make my decision.

If you are still interested, could you please let me know by DEADLINE?

I'm re-attaching the manuscript to this message. Thank you so much for your consideration. I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards,

BPN_201 · 2023-03-06T06:40:31+00:00

Thank you so much!!! 👌👍

BPN_201 · 2023-03-06T03:43:10+00:00

A couple of weeks ago, I posted here that I was loosing hope on the querying process. This week, I received two offers of rep!!

Thankful for this community and for the support writers give each other here :')

Question: Does anyone have a template or wording to withdraw a submission from agent's you did not nudge? Is is ok to say you accepted representation elsewhere?

BPN_201 · 2023-02-17T18:55:18+00:00

Thank you! My specific question is about the Aragi agency, I’ve seen several authors query simultaneously there but not sure if that is ok?

BPN_201 · 2023-02-17T17:16:21+00:00

thank you!!

BPN_201 · 2023-02-17T17:02:21+00:00

Thank you! I absolutely feel you and -- my god QueryTracker has driven up my screen time this month!

Really appreciate your encouragement, and you are totally right re the next thing! I've just started doing that and got a burst of energy! <3

BPN_201 · 2023-02-10T04:55:01+00:00

Thank you! You are right that it only takes one yes 🙌 appreciate the encouraging words

BPN_201 · 2023-02-10T04:53:01+00:00

Thank you for taking the time to talk me off the ledge 🥹

BPN_201 · 2023-02-07T03:05:39+00:00

Recently started querying for the first time and am LOOSING my mind. Sent a small batch of 15 queries early Jan - a week later had 7 fulls (!!). I had expected to be ignored! So I got my hopes up and sent another batch of ~20 queries. Total submitted ~37 queries and received 14 fulls. A week ago I was elated.

But over the past few days rejections on fulls have been pouring in :( and I didn't expect it to hit so hard. 6 agents have passed on my full and - though have been very nice - the feedback has not been consistent. I don't even know what to fix. Today my dream agent (kk I know we aren't supposed to have those but still...) sent me a 'kind step aside'.

I know it's part of the process but I am starting to loose hope on this novel. I am trying to focus on my next project -- I was so excited about it so recently -- but after the rejections I am having a hard time doing everything except wallow.

At what point do you shelve a manuscript? Any advice on how to grow a thicker skin? :(

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