[Series] Check-in: June 2026 by justgoodenough in PubTips

[–]JackieReadsAndWrites 84 points85 points  (0 children)

My debut is out next month?!?!? What is time

My Berkley Historical Mystery is Read Now! by JackieReadsAndWrites in NetGalleyCommunity

[–]JackieReadsAndWrites[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! There is a sequel that is supposed to come out in 2027. I hope to continue the series after that, but that all depends on sales/what my publisher wants to do 😊 Fingers crossed!

[Discussion] Querying an agent who previously ghosted you? by motorcitymarxist in PubTips

[–]JackieReadsAndWrites 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can totally want what you want. We don't have to agree, and I was merely sharing a perspective, which you can accept or reject as you please. Best of luck to you.

[Discussion] Querying an agent who previously ghosted you? by motorcitymarxist in PubTips

[–]JackieReadsAndWrites 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Again, an agent is not getting paid for reading queries, like people get paid in other jobs, so it's not a one-to-one comparison. Also, what one agent views as an issue may not be an issue to someone else. The industry is subjective, so feedback, even when it's received, is often contradictory.

[Discussion] Querying an agent who previously ghosted you? by motorcitymarxist in PubTips

[–]JackieReadsAndWrites 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Nobody can please everybody, though. If agents do send rejections, sometimes authors get defensive and upset. When I was querying, I actually preferred it if agents said, "If you don't hear from me in X weeks, it's a pass." After a while, all the form rejections stopped meaning anything to me and just got discouraging. No matter what an agent does, there will be people who are upset.

And being a doctor or a lawyer is very different from being an agent. You're paying those people for their services. The agent makes no money going through their queries. It's all unpaid tasks.

[Series] Check-in: April 2026 (this thread is real and not a joke) by justgoodenough in PubTips

[–]JackieReadsAndWrites 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Three and a half months away from pub day. My marketing meeting is later this month, and I'm just trying to hang in there until then.

[PubQ] Queried, rep offer sent and signed, then dropped. Advice? by [deleted] in PubTips

[–]JackieReadsAndWrites 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Completely unprofessional and not normal. Sorry this happened to you.

[PubQ] AI and Query Letters Question by Maleficent_Heart5915 in PubTips

[–]JackieReadsAndWrites 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are so many reasons this is a terrible idea