A Great Chat with Agent Joshua Blimes
Last night Agent Queryhosted a chat with agent Joshua Blimes of JABberwocky Literary Agency.
What a great chat. The AQ members brought lots of great questions to the table and Joshua took his time to answer each question thoroughly. Somehow, he still managed to answer over 40 questions during his hour in the spotlight. Wow.
He said he loves to discover a new writer and that often a new writer has a raw talent that needs to be honed. What, we aren’t perfect by the time we get accepted? Dang. And I’ve learned so much in the past year! Good thing I don’t mind learning! However, one of the biggest problems he sees in new writers (he having read thousands of first pages in his 20+ years in the publishing business) is that “while some who are good just can’t focus on how they need to advance the story”. I’ve been there! In fact, that is something I’ve dedicated the month of October to working on! I’m on the right track! Yay!
Keep posted for information on other upcoming chats.
WoW! Placing in RWA is quite an accomplishment and thanks for the update about the agent chat. I didn’t have time to hop over there but I’m glad to hear it went well.
Joshua was a great sport and took his time to answer a lot of questions thoroughly. I learned a lot.