What I hate about being eliminated in ABNA's first round is that I have no idea why. Could be a poor plot and a badly written pitch, or I could just put it down to bad luck. I don't know. But a couple of hours ago, a friend whose debut novel was published nine months ago to wonderful reviews reminded me that her novel was eliminated in the first round a few years back. You just pick up and move forward.
So I will pour over the pitch again, shorten it to query-length -- about 250 words as compared with about 300 -- and start querying agents.
Then, perhaps, I will get some answers.
As for now, I am playing sad music, as is fitting my mood, and preparing for what's next.
Thanks again for reading.
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