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Sounds like you found your calling, Kim.

You guys are so funny. Thanks for this information.

Great talk.

Thank you. I can't get enough of your informational videos, and wish I'd found them years earlier. Carry on, you two!

Thank you for this. It was the perfect rant. Authors don't have weeks or months to fritter away, waiting for someone to respond. No one lives to be 150 years old, and time is ticking!

What Jessica said.

Great video. What if you received multiple offers and chose an agent, but realized within a few months not years that a different agent would have been better? Is there such a thing as too soon?

Thank you for your videos. They are inspiring, and definitely take a lot of the guessing out of what agents do. I just submitted to one of the agents at BookEnds because you seem to have such insight and integrity.

When you guys mentioned Ashley Audrain’s The Push, I immediately read the first few pages (e-library), and yes agreed - great opening - who’s the sinister watcher, why? 👍

Q: If an established agent agrees to representing a book, how would you characterise the eventual failure rate? (ie. the book eventually cant find a publisher).

Would you consider focusing on picture book submissions?

In a past video you warned away from using New Adult as a category, due to association with properties like 50 Shades of Grey. I’m curious if your thoughts on this have evolved as the category has become more normalized?

Your videos are stellar. Never stop!

These interviews are treasures. Even at a couple of years old, they are full of wonderful tips and tidbits. Thank you.

Great technical advice. Both of them are extremely helpful.

Thanks guys❤ Its a process 🙏

Rule no.1 Do not laugh at at people who are trying so hard to write, under the guise of trying to help them. You are ridiculing them. i am a reader! I have no axe too grind, no story to tell as i am not requesting publication. What i do understand is that some potestial author who has tried so hard and worked so long to be published , deserves better than your self satisfied mirth. Even the agents, I am sure, are more polite in their rejections. There is so much helpful advice available on You Tube, which encourages and helps new writers.. but no-one I have ever encountered has your arrogant, hysterical polishing of your own egos whilst destroying the confidence of others..It is distasteful and pompous.

Do you represent new author?

Infromative. Thank you.

Most authors don't push their book. If you want to be a best seller, you need to know the channels to advertise and push your book.

I miss your videos. My Wednesdays are a lot less fun.

Since the agent mentioned she's more into saleability of book before even reading a single passage, I'll go and search her saleable subjectivity and see how many best selling authors she represents....

Re: spoilers, i think this is exactly opposite advice you gave in another video, where you said “tell us where it goes, we need to know how it wraps up, don’t say ‘will he solve the mystery…’ just tell us “

Do you think it's okay to comp to a successful author if it's not their most famous work? Yumi and the Nightmare Painter would be a great comp, but I'm hesitant to comp to Brandon Sanderson because he is so famous. What do you think?

Enjoy your hiatus. When you return, I'd like to hear your thoughts on this possible topic: Writers have usually/always told not to write to the trend, and this is understandable. But it seems like publishers are publishing to the trend. (Perhaps partly booktok influence?) So what's the prevailing thought or advice today?

I love the brainstorming and a rough outline, even just the first 25%... then I start writing.

Love your podcast, thank you. ***But James -- your microphone isn't nearly as clear as Jessica's. It sounds a bit echoey... FYI.*** Thanks again for addressing another great topic!

Very helpful! And validating. 😊

Calling sample pages first pages is very helpful 😂

So good, thank you.

I keep agreeing out loud with Jessica, 100% relating. 😄 Not sure if it's personality or generation but love this.

Thank you for your insights and information you share. 💜

I miss you guys. I keep checking on Wednesdays for new videos.

Great information! Can you opt to not receive advancements and ask for more in royalties?😊

Thank you!

Great information! @0:36 Why shouldn't you use the word "Voice

Excellent conversation. 💜

This was so helpful to hear! Now I will approach pitching with a new perspective. I'm no longer worried about whether the agent is a perfect fit for my book, but see it as an opportunity to test out my pitch and get feedback. Thank you!

if an agent requests a full manuscript, and then opens up to queries a few weeks later without contacting me, does that mean she passed on mine...? I'm assuming it does, but I have no idea lol

Here's a question for you, maybe for a future video... I'm nearly finished writing a novel and thinking about submitting it to agents. Meanwhile, I'm also thinking about submitting the first chapter to various 'first chapter writing contests' I've seen, as well as submitting various chapters to literary journals and sites which say they accept novel excerpts. Would it make my novel seem more attractive to an agent if they saw that portions of it had previously been published, or would there be any unwitting disadvantages to doing that, like copyright issues, which might make it less attractive to an agent?

Is a “pass” from one Bookends agent a pass from ALL bookends agents ?

I love the analogies! 😅😅😅 Funny but also super helpful. Thank you both 💓

The information you gave about preorders and best seller… is that true for Amazon kdp? Please let me know 🙏🏽

Aw I was really hoping you guys dove into the boundaries of what you could write for middle grade vs YA haha but thank you so much for this video. So insightful

This is good advice, but it's so "best case scenario" I can't bring myself to take it in. I think in most of the cases, any agent who wants to represent a writers book is their dream agent. And since a lot of advice out there says "query only one or a few agents at a time", you're not going to have a lot of offers to choose between.

Thank you for clarifying this process!

Inked Voices is a fantastic virtual writing community, too. 💜

I got a full request from my DREAM AGENT (a BookEnds agent, ofc!!) about 2 months ago and DEF celebrated!! out of curiosity, if i don't hear back from her again, how long should I wait until I count it as a pass??

My first title was Goode Housekeeping, which did fit the interior story, but that was obviously pretty close to the magazine