Abby Jimenez

Because then you published a book, I think, almost every single year after that.

Because then you published a book, I think, almost every single year after that.

Because then you published a book, I think, almost every single year after that.

Well, even just getting a book deal, it took almost a year for me to get a book deal. So I got an agent really quickly, but then the next nine months was nothing but rejections. I had queried six agents total. I got my first pick agent on the first try, but then the other five agents that I queried, I got rejections from all of them for the next month and a half.

Well, even just getting a book deal, it took almost a year for me to get a book deal. So I got an agent really quickly, but then the next nine months was nothing but rejections. I had queried six agents total. I got my first pick agent on the first try, but then the other five agents that I queried, I got rejections from all of them for the next month and a half.

Well, even just getting a book deal, it took almost a year for me to get a book deal. So I got an agent really quickly, but then the next nine months was nothing but rejections. I had queried six agents total. I got my first pick agent on the first try, but then the other five agents that I queried, I got rejections from all of them for the next month and a half.

Then we were in submissions to publishers and I got nothing but rejections.

Then we were in submissions to publishers and I got nothing but rejections.

Then we were in submissions to publishers and I got nothing but rejections.

I wonder how they feel about that now.

I wonder how they feel about that now.

I wonder how they feel about that now.

I think I can guess. Um, but it was, it was, I don't think they knew what to do with my books. Cause the thing is, is they are funny.

I think I can guess. Um, but it was, it was, I don't think they knew what to do with my books. Cause the thing is, is they are funny.

I think I can guess. Um, but it was, it was, I don't think they knew what to do with my books. Cause the thing is, is they are funny.

They're so funny. And they're so realistic, which I'm like, I have not read another rom-com that is so realistic with the banter, with the humor, with the, you know, anxiety, all the real life struggles put into a, I've never read a book like yours.

They're so funny. And they're so realistic, which I'm like, I have not read another rom-com that is so realistic with the banter, with the humor, with the, you know, anxiety, all the real life struggles put into a, I've never read a book like yours.

They're so funny. And they're so realistic, which I'm like, I have not read another rom-com that is so realistic with the banter, with the humor, with the, you know, anxiety, all the real life struggles put into a, I've never read a book like yours.

Well, and they kept saying the rejections, kind of the general consensus was we're looking for lighter fiction. Like I think they were looking for fluffier romances and mine had some really serious topics in them, you know, and I don't know if maybe they didn't know where to put them. I did get a revise and resubmit from one top five publisher. And when I turned it in, she ultimately declined.

Well, and they kept saying the rejections, kind of the general consensus was we're looking for lighter fiction. Like I think they were looking for fluffier romances and mine had some really serious topics in them, you know, and I don't know if maybe they didn't know where to put them. I did get a revise and resubmit from one top five publisher. And when I turned it in, she ultimately declined.