#WritersCoffeeClub 6/6 Have you queried agents for traditional publishing? How did it go?
I actually did, way back when I was writing fantasy in German. Scored a contract. Dreamed of signing with a German publishing house.
It never happened. Agent didn't know how to market fantasy. Never was willing to communicate what they had done.
Contract dissolved five years later when I realized they were only holding me back.
Went into self-publishing, never regretted it.
#WritingCommunity
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