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Nathan shares his journey querying agents for his debut novel, the brutality of getting rejected 90+ times, and the lessons learned along the way.
Most importantly, he shares what he's going to do differently with his new novel, and why he thinks he has a much higher chance of success now than he did before.
[0:00] Getting an Agent for a Novel
[1:37] How Long Should Your Book Be?
[4:27] When Are You Ready?
[7:32] Getting Feedback Before Querying
[9:40] Finding Beta Readers
[10:41] Searching for Agents
[12:43] What to Send Agents
[17:18] Writing An Exciting Query Letter
[19:14] Paid Query Critique Services
[22:37] The Book Synopsis
[25:30] Example Query Structure
[29:17] How Long Does a Response Take?
[31:07] Reasons Agents Aren't Interested
[34:41] Rejections Hurt
[37:06] What Nathan's Doing Differently This Time
[39:41] Getting Warm Intros
[42:23] Having an Author Platform
[44:28] Successful Query Letters to Copy
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