Stacey Gets A Positive Response from a Literary Agent

This is a video clip of me going through a stack of responses from literary agents. It ends well!

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• Literary
• Agents

[alberesik]

Thank-you for posting this, Stacy. I just got my first agent reject yesterday on my fifth novel (the others are all unpublished) and I was feeling very bad, but seeing the way you handle your rejections made me feel stronger. I have a M.A. in creative writing and I still haven't grown thick skin. I wish you could open all my letters for me ;)

[StaceyCochran]

Somewhere past novel seven and rejection letters totalling around 1500 over a decade, rejections lost their meaning to me. I try to send out 60 query letters every 2-3 weeks year round, and so there's a steady influx of positive and negative responses literally every day. By keeping that high of a rate for several years now, I really have virtually no emotion when getting a response from an agent. Hang in there and keep writing! I've met a number of authors who found their agents this past year.

[fasfee]

Dear Stacey Cochran,

I don't feel alone since I've seen your video. I'll continue to knock and push open doors. Good luck and much sucess.

From,

Felicia.

[StaceyCochran]

Thanks, Felicia. Do not ever feel embarrassed or ashamed for trying to find success. Some people will try to make you feel like you're doing something you shouldn't, but follow your heart and your instincts and you can't go wrong!

[swvaughn]

Congratulations!! Good luck -- here's hoping for a full request, representation, the whole nine! (I dropped over here from JA's blog :-)

[StaceyCochran]

Thanks, man.

Stacey

[coolduder10]

This is so funny!

[Cuenca20]

Funny how u just rip them envelopes open lol I must say you handle all those rejections pretty well. But what if in that stack of envelopes are like 5 literary agents that want your work... eventually u need to choose just 1... how you do that ?

[terrinyc29]

thanks so much for posting this

[wideawakex4]

ohh lordiee, I am soo scared! i'm copyrighting my book this month and sending out queries comes january.. I am soo scared=(

[diverse01]

High hopes but realistic expectations...Wow!

[MPCallender]

Stacey, Thanks for the video.

How did/do you find so many literary agents to send your queries to?

Keep Writing! Thanks

[Mikato1]

This is a comforting thought to not give up when I am finally finished writing my story. Although I will get a ton of rejections, there will always be that one hope that someone will accept it.

[Jessecraft1954]

Thanks for posting your video.  I'm writing my first book, growing up in the South during the fifties and sixties. Congratulations to you and your wife on the new baby! Sincerely, Jesse

[MovieWriterReese]

Congrats on the positive response!

[TheLilithChronicles]

Oh geez, we are just starting. But we shall remain positive for we love our story!