Getting an Agent for Your Novel: Lessons from 90+ Rejections

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.

Timestamps

• [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