Wow, I wish John the best of luck. It's a great example of just playing the numbers game. The more people you reach out to, the greater the chances...

Earl, it's all about getting your story in front of the right set of eyeballs. All it takes is one person. One. But as John's experience suggests, sometimes that requires going through a lot of eyeballs to find your advocate, buyer, champion, etc.

I love that last line: "you’re only a failed writer if you stop writing and trying." Thanks for sharing, John...best of luck!

Reminds me of that guy who wrote HANNA. What is sort of glossed over in these stories (unless you've lived it) is how time consuming and soul-crushing it can be to send pitches to agencies.

Thanks, John, for sharing your story. That you embraced your belief in the story itself, then listened when it returned the favor by whispering, "I might be a novel..." and then WROTE it is a fantastic achievement. Congratulations!

Always inspiring. Thank you for sharing and best of luck ! PS: also reminded me of HANNA's writer eheh.