Works of Ren Wayland

As I’m sure many have before, and many will after, I queried my manuscript to 15 agents way too soon. How do I know this? you may ask. My answer: five form rejections and no requests. I do have ten queries still pending, but noticed that queries submitted after mine DID receive full requests. I know, it sounds soul crushing.

I did take it a little harder than I should have, but after getting some feedback from a couple of friends from TikTok (@ebmorgan & @caitlynissuperawesome) I started to make some necessary changes. I even won a free edit from a TikTok post from @texasbookmomma!

I submitted my manuscript for edits this week and will get my feedback at the end of the month. After implementing her feedback, I will likely send out another batch of 15 queries and hopefully get a better response!

Regardless, for my birthday, my husband is taking me to a writer’s conference in Raleigh & Charlotte. I plan to pay to pitch two agents and hope to get more detailed feedback and make even more necessary changes.

I guess why I’m posting this is to remind myself – and hopefully others – that agent rejections do not mean we failed, they mean we still have room to grow.

Even the form rejections.

Ren Wayland