I know I’m certainly not alone in being on the incredibly heartbreaking path that is querying, but good grief, I feel like I’m just the universes’s plaything at this point. I can feel myself getting bitter too, for reasons that I’ll list below.
1st Book (Thriller): in retrospect glad it wasn’t published, but had a really large agent tell me he loved it but couldn’t take on new clients (even though he was open for queries).
2nd Book (Thriller): Met 2 agents at writing conferences. First one told me “this will be bigger than [insert major tv show which I used as inspiration], she requests a full manuscript. Hear nothing. Finally nudge her only for her to reply that she’s left agenting and didn’t tell me. Go back a second time to a different conference, different agent tells me how much she loves my work, I tell her about my experience with the first agent, she *literally* takes my hands and goes “I am not going to do that to you, I am not going anywhere!” The agent proceeds to never respond to my full manuscript submission.
3rd Book [Current] (Thriller): another writers conference, agent requests full manuscript, leaves agenting for another job, get another full request cold-querying, looking like I’ve been ghosted again.
How on Earth do I keep this up? And how do I not become bitter at agents in general when I’ve had these experiences?