In a perfect world, agents and publishing houses would judge authors based solely on syntax, characterization, plot, and other aspects of writing. But our world is far from a perfect one, and an author’s race, gender, and sexuality can still play a role in who is published.
In particular, some of the recent discussions about gender have made me revisit an article about the way that literary agents react depending on how they perceive a writer. In 2015, Catherine Nichols was an aspiring writer who was busy querying agents about her most recent manuscript. Though only a few agents responded to her queries, she assumed that she was just paying her dues. All writers have to be rejected before they can succeed after all. On a whim, she decided to taken on a masculine nom de plume, George Leyer, solely for the sake of querying.
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My pseudonym is androgynous. I’ve had a couple of requests for manuscripts and one agency debated for a week as to whether to represent me. Hmm…. interesting post!
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I remember reading about this. Depressing 😕
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Don’t let it get you down Helen – Keep writing
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Thanks, Chris 🙂 Nothing will stop me writing, that’s for sure!
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👍❤
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Not good news for every female writer, lucky that some of us are too stubborn to quit, or is it?
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Stay Stubborn Maria 🐵
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