Reasons for Rejection

Here are two interesting blogs, one by literary agent Janet Reid and one by Del Rey editorial director Betsy Mitchell, on how many manuscripts that passed their initial tests ultimately were rejected and why. It’s a bit scary, but enlightening all the same.

http://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/2009/12/statistics-to-torture-yourself-with-in.html

http://www.suvudu.com/2010/01/what-i-learned-this-week-why-i-say-no.html

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