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Love your video. Querying is tough.

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6 hours of sleep?? I can’t function without at least 7.5 😂

As soon as I find a good rhythm life throws a curveball 😅 Good for you trying a new routine!

I randomly clicked on this video, but it truly resonated with me! Often, 'no' is just a redirection!

I'm currently in the middle of a rewrite for my WIP, too, and even before finishing the rewrite, I know there's more edits that I'll have to go back and make again... Meanwhile, I keep getting so tempted to query before I know it's ready... It's really hard to fight that urge! But part of the whole process, too, requires having that patience...

You say this isn't a very inspirational video but tbh this video has been more encouraging than a lot of other query process videos. I think what you said about how rejections are necessary is a very helpful mindset to have, and being reminded of that does make me feel better about the rejections that I'm 100% going to be recieving.

I had a similiar experience realising the book I queried had structural problems that were in the foundation, only it took me two years of querying to figure it out.i never got a ms request 😂

hi there! i know this is a bit belated but i just found this and my heart goes out to you--I was querying a fantasy novel with a strong mystery plot with series potential about the same time you were (jan-may) and was unsuccessful too. i also had the specific experience of being plotting the second book while querying the first and it was even worse to be so excited about it while having the first flounder and get rejections. i've moved on to something else for the time being rather than restructuring the first book/moving to the second (something i thought about too haha), but i'll be cheering you on and appreciate you sharing the hard parts of this journey ⁠<3

This actually was useful. What a journey, eh?

The audio is missing for the March 22 segment.

I love this immediately. Super stoked for this!!!

I just finished the article I was struggling with, that's why clicked on your video. Glad I did. Thanks for the encouragement.

Woohoo, progress! Glad to see you're working through the nonsense, and back at vlogs!

I think different writers tackle the querying process differently and that is okay. Kate DiCamillo had to/decided to send over 400 queries to get her first book 'Because of Winn-Dixie' published. Others might decide to send only few and still get their books published. Yes, will come eventually. I began my querying process in May and so far have received only rejections, which is completely normal. Fastest 'no' came just three days after I sent the letter. However, I'm determined to send new query letters to agents 🙂 Good luck with your book!!

I am working on my own TTRPG system, and maybe that is the reason why I stumbled over this video. What kind of book is that supposed to be about TTRPGs, since it doesn't sound like you want to write a rules book?

So before we query are we supposed to write book, edit book (developmental, copyedit, etc. all the edits), beta readers read it, get feedback, incorporate edits, etc. THEN we query? Rejections are hard but I just figure we should expect them. And getting any feedback at all is incredible!!! What a gift. Expect rejections, imho it seems like a needle in a haystack trying to find the right book for the right agent at the right timing (and all of the other variables). Plus it's not a personal rejection, we are not our creative projects, no matter how much of ourselves or our work we've put into it. Once we've birthed it, it belongs to the world. That helps me keep some distance from it. That said, I'm not sure I even trust the publishing process, leaning toward self-publishing eventually, IF I create a novel I deem worthy of publishing. This first book might just be for the experience of writing a novel. Time will tell. : ) Thank you for sharing your experience! The transparency is so valuable. Kudos to you for writing well and taking the leap into the unknown. 🤩

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Thank You for this informing video, with good sound quality aswell as video. I have an exam in anthropology tomorrow, and this helped a lot!

My heart goes out to you because I know that this stage of the writing career is killer. (I'm prepping to query in the fall.) But I'd also encourage you to reframe the agent's critiques in your brain--he took the time to read your book AND give you detailed feedback! That is such an incredible blessing, and truthfully so kind of him. He could have just said no, or told you it wasn't for him, or anything like that. But he gave you personal feedback and even liked enough of your writing and storytelling to ask you to send it to him again after you've reworked it. So cool!

I “just forget” an intro in almost every vlog. Lol zero worries. Great vlog! And congratulations on the preorder!

I would like to know how agents works ?

Do they tall you the reasons behind the rejections, I hope so because I have been rejected 14 times without any reasons which frustrated me so I turned to self publishing, I know it's hard as a self author but this the fast at least to me. I like to have an agent honestly but this journey is very hard, really hard.

The music is astonishing what is it ? I think Jazz ? Am I right ? So fit the writers.

Me too struggling to come back writing but I am planning to get my life and myself together so I could come with wild spirit and big expectations.

Stay strong Vivian! Your taking this all very well, and the best thing you can do for yourself and your project is to persist. You’ll get there. 😊

My kid struggles with dysgraphia....imagine nearly permanent writers block. Its excruciating for him. We are blessed to be able to put any words on paper.

Love this challenge 🤍 project pumpkin spice latte sounds like such a vibe from the title alone 😍

No matter what kind of artist, we can all relate to this. Definitely been feeling this lately. It’s so interesting how you’re writing both fiction and non-fiction! You’ve also inspired me to make a similar video of my own 🤍🤍 sometimes I struggle to create but I fail to document much

Thanks for making this video. I know I’ve had days just like this in my writing.

I love it!!

omg I appreciate you sharing this so much and being so open! And you weren’t being pedantic at all. I had a similar epiphany about my current manuscript before as well. I rewrote an entire YA fantasy because the premise was what I wanted, but I realized I’d written it as like a fantasy-fantasy initially when I wanted it to be more of a ‘thriller in a fantasy setting.’ Once you basically mentioned you wanted it to be a ‘mystery in an urban fantasy setting,’ I was like I get you 1000%. Congrats on being brave by putting your work out there and wishing you the absolute best on your rewrite!

and there's me, who works until 4 am 😭 because I can only write at night

How exciting to have your book ready for pre-order! Congratulations! 🎉❤

I love your take on sprucing things up! I'm about to do my own office redo so this was very lovely 🌹 I think you absolutely should hang your covers with pride!!! ✨ They're the perfect touch!

Which city are you living ? Because it seems like European country but your accent is like American

Love this video. Inspirational. I think I’ll try to wake up earlier and get some writing in while the family is asleep.

I love how cozy this feels. Great work on your research!

Very informative, one year so long I think why making these, are all authors doing that to write what market needs ? Please explain

Can I ask one question please ? Why count rules it is a publishing house rules or an individual decision ? And what is the profit of counting, I do write a lot but never count my words, I don't like to be judged for counting know what I mean, I like to be a free author out of boundaries.

I laughed when you laughed and especially with the coffee cup, your life is like mine, couldn't start anything without coffee. I love your videos and I think we might be friends what do you think ?

What are the subjects that you choose to write for articles ?

Did you got payed by these articles or they are just for you as essays ? I am thinking to write articles if they help me raise some money to my future education " English Literature " even I am 46 years old with a business major. You will say ambitious woman yes I am

Can I ask you to make some videos researcher about authors and writers ? All what concerns them ? Their life I will be glad to give you my life style if you want thank you. Your ideas opens my way of vision to my writing journey. Thank you

Nice video my friend 😅

Love the videos. I’m working on a PhD. Your videos are encouraging and inspiring.

I love how calm your vlogs feel.

Keen to participate! I sent you a message on IG about joining one of my groups :)

Looking forward to see how this turns out!

Okay, howdy again! I think Dimension 20 will be a little easier to get into than Critical Role because their episodes are much shorter and so are their campaigns. If you don't mind not getting in to a big arc with Critical Role, I'd suggest checking out their Exandria Unlimited: Calamity run. It's four episodes long. Um, the shortest run time for an episode in that is like 4 hours while the longest episode is around 6 hours long lol. But it is SO GOOD (I have a line from it tattooed on my body so I might be biased) and about as "bite size" as CR gets. You also don't really need to know much about the world going into it. They also have a new series with a TTRPG they created called Candela Obscura and those campaigns are shorter run, I think 3-4 episodes. I've only watched a couple episodes though. Lol, sorry to spam your comments again. I am going to share this with some of my friends who play and DM to see if they'd like to interview with you. :B Do you have any gaming shops near you? I know around here those shops will often host game nights where they'll play D&D or other TTPRGs. Same with a couple of the comic stores near me. If you don't mind playing at an online table, I think those might be easier to come by. There are so many discords dedicated to TTRPGs that you could join. Oh. Another podcast I listen to isn't an actual play but the hosts talk about so many aspects of being at a table. It's called Table Talk (linkin.bio/tabletalkrpg/ ) not sure if that will be of any help, but I thought I'd share it lol. Okay, I'll shut up now.