think in the case of this particular writer, she feels certain - as we have all done - that if our books are presented to the waiting public, they will be loved.
And what she doesn't get is that agents and editors, in addition to being literary gatekeepers, are members of the reading public, and spend a lot of time learning about what the reading public loves (and will pay for). If an agent doesn't love a book, she's going to infer that perhaps those members of the reading public with whom she is connected are not going to love it, either.
And yeah, there's no sense in arguing with people when they are too wrapped up in their emotions to think logically. Which is unfortunate, because there's a lot to be learned from rejection if a person can get beyond the belief that the person doing the rejecting is just too dumb to appreciate obvious brilliance.
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Date: 2009-04-22 01:02 pm (UTC)And what she doesn't get is that agents and editors, in addition to being literary gatekeepers, are members of the reading public, and spend a lot of time learning about what the reading public loves (and will pay for). If an agent doesn't love a book, she's going to infer that perhaps those members of the reading public with whom she is connected are not going to love it, either.
And yeah, there's no sense in arguing with people when they are too wrapped up in their emotions to think logically. Which is unfortunate, because there's a lot to be learned from rejection if a person can get beyond the belief that the person doing the rejecting is just too dumb to appreciate obvious brilliance.