Thank you for doing this, Kate! There appears to be this major push for fiction writers to have an established social media presence. How likely are you to reject a manuscript because an author doesn't have thousands of followers? Self marketing as much as possible makes sense, but is having a small following truly a reason agents send rejections, or is it a perception vs. reality thing?
Thank you for doing this, Kate! There appears to be this major push for fiction writers to have an established social media presence. How likely are you to reject a manuscript because an author doesn't have thousands of followers? Self marketing as much as possible makes sense, but is having a small following truly a reason agents send rejections, or is it a perception vs. reality thing?
I would not reject a novelist because they don't have a social media platform. If they have one, bonus, if not, it's ok. You only think this happens because you can't know why an agent rejects a book, yours or otherwise. Don't worry about this.
Thank you for doing this, Kate! There appears to be this major push for fiction writers to have an established social media presence. How likely are you to reject a manuscript because an author doesn't have thousands of followers? Self marketing as much as possible makes sense, but is having a small following truly a reason agents send rejections, or is it a perception vs. reality thing?
I would not reject a novelist because they don't have a social media platform. If they have one, bonus, if not, it's ok. You only think this happens because you can't know why an agent rejects a book, yours or otherwise. Don't worry about this.