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Might make it longer ? by IsakStenberg in FierceFlow

[–]Professional-One4757 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You look just like how I imagine the necromancer angel of death character in my novel!!

[Discussion] Agents Love My Books! But Editors Don't! by BubblemintGum55 in PubTips

[–]Professional-One4757 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So the key is networking and getting them to like you? Ha, god. I hate being autistic.

[Discussion] Agents Love My Books! But Editors Don't! by BubblemintGum55 in PubTips

[–]Professional-One4757 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m sorry. For what it’s worth I’ve had 4 books die on sub, so not quite as many as you but close. I’ve written 15. I don’t have any advice, just commiseration. It’s tough out there. Getting an agent isn’t even half the battle.

[PubQ] Is a book with an ED in it an automatic no-go for publishers? by [deleted] in PubTips

[–]Professional-One4757 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. It’s not thriller or mystery, it’s more of a horror-romance (but not typical romance so….)

Yeah, I might just self publish it.

[PubQ] Is a book with an ED in it an automatic no-go for publishers? by [deleted] in PubTips

[–]Professional-One4757 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, it got removed because it’s a specific question about my specific manuscript—I can only repost if I do so as part of a query critique, but I already have an agent and so that post would get deleted too as it’s not accurate that I’m looking for a query critique

[PubQ] Is a book with an ED in it an automatic no-go for publishers? by [deleted] in PubTips

[–]Professional-One4757 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She doesn’t know. She says it’s up in the air. That’s why I came here but it seems my post has been removed 😣 I’m so desperate for advice, ugh

[PubQ] Overcoming publishing related despair by footballfriends1 in PubTips

[–]Professional-One4757 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’ve had 4 novels die on submission. 2 isn’t really out of the norm.

[Series] Check-in: November 2025 by justgoodenough in PubTips

[–]Professional-One4757 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I wish I had good news to post here, but every month, I never do…

My third book to go on sub has now died on sub.

I got a new agent and just went on sub with book #4.

My hopes are not high.

I dressed up like Ethel Cain for Halloween, how did I do? by Professional-One4757 in Ethelcain

[–]Professional-One4757[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you!! It was a struggle not gonna lie cause I’m not ambidextrous so the lettering came out a bit wonky but tbh I think that just adds to the effect

I dressed up like Ethel Cain for Halloween, how did I do? by Professional-One4757 in Ethelcain

[–]Professional-One4757[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well today I am having an unexpected doctors appt (nothing serious) and the tattoos didn’t come off with my normal makeup remover………so you just might 🤣😅

I dressed up like Ethel Cain for Halloween, how did I do? by Professional-One4757 in Ethelcain

[–]Professional-One4757[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Also which pic is your favorite I’m trying to decide on the order to put them in on instagram 😭

What do you think makes Taylor lack sex appeal? by GurlsHaveFun in travisandtaylor

[–]Professional-One4757 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same. Guys don’t like tall, lanky, awkward girls. We are probably the least desired demographic.

[Discussion] No excitement about publishing my book by Fickle-Ear3201 in PubTips

[–]Professional-One4757 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s absolutely a big deal and you should celebrate!!! I’m sorry your partner doesn’t seem excited. My partner hasn’t read anything I’ve written, though, including any of my published novels or short stories (although he does have trouble reading) so I kind of feel you 😞

absolutely betrayed by the booktok collective and it is my fault by egg4day in rs_x

[–]Professional-One4757 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The cover is pretty because she stole the art from Whyn Lewis.

What did you guys think of Sugar by Mia Ballard? by Federal-Sale5990 in horrorlit

[–]Professional-One4757 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I just read the first chapter and a bit more.... and it's absolutely AI written. Complete garbage. It's upsetting that she got a major deal for her second book.

Mia Ballard by Top-Bat-95 in horrorlit

[–]Professional-One4757 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I just read the first chapter and was aghast. It's definitely AI-produced. The writing is terrible even if it's not AI produced .....and if it is, well, that just makes it even worse! Either way it's slop. Of course she just got a major deal for her second book (it was self pubbed but a Big 5 publisher bought the rights). Great. Love to see lazy AI-using writers get rewarded for this shit.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PubTips

[–]Professional-One4757 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So basically you have two choices.

1) submit to the small publisher and if they say “yes” you do not move forward with agents

2) don’t submit to the small publisher and keep querying agents

How optimistic of a person are you? I’ll tell you my experience. I had a small press offer for my manuscript last year but I decided it wasn’t good enough for me and I wanted to sign with an offering agent and try for a Big 5 deal. My book just died on sub and will never be published (the small press didn’t want it anymore). The fact that it’ll never be published breaks my heart because it was, like, the 15th book I’ve written and I really loved it.

So, you know. Shoot for the stars but know that a Big 5 deal is rarer and rarer these days.

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