Jenna's Substack - Author + Agent + Human

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On Getting the "No" from Authors

On Getting the "No" from Authors

Thoughts (and feelings!) on receiving my first rejections as an agent

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Jenna Satterthwaite
Mar 25, 2024
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Ooof.

Last week I lost out on two authors I offered to sign, and guys… WOW.

… & I kinda knew this was coming

Conceptually, I knew it was going to happen, and likely sooner rather than later. Agents get turned down all the time. And especially as a new agent with no sales record (yet!!), I knew that in multiple offer situations, I’d be probably be the one t…

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