Why Querying & Submission is SO SLOW Right Now

What's going on in publishing right now? Has publishing recovered from the pandemic? Is it a good time to query?

Wellllllll. A lot people have noticed that publishing seems to be slower than ever. Jennifer Laughran did a post about this, and I thought it would be a great time to discuss that, and more reasons why things are... kind of on fire.

Here is Jennifer's post: https://literaticat.tumblr.com/post/655517458658181120/youre-the-best-can-i-ask-you-why-are-responses

My eye makeup is Candy Skies from Laura Lee X Eryn Weaver :) Oh and sorry for the extra noise during the Q&A--I forgot to turn off my fan! (heatwave!)

00:00 Introduction
03:27 Agent Jennifer Laughran's post
06:19 Grief, trauma and bonkers work loads
09:39 The rise of editors ghosting
12:35 Agent sub shifts & holding books hostage
17:47 Multiple submissions & shotgunning
20:41 Is it a good time to query?
22:52 Top agents impacts & query strategy
25:05 Rise of schmagents (beware)
28:09 Querying and settling
30:03 What does this all mean?
31:26 Sales trends: fantasy & romcoms
36:21 Sales trends: thrillers/horror & dark academia
39:50 Sales trends: upmarket/book club fiction
40:56 Sales trends: sci-fi
41:40 Sales trends: graphic novels
42:48 Sales trends: middle grade
43:51 Sales trends: adult romance & TikTok
45:04 Q&A: trends/tropes agents won't sign
46:57 Q&A: NA in trad pub?
48:32 Q&A: will publishing keep remote work?
52:56 Q&A: Is now a bad time to query?

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