I was pleased to attend the authors' discussion and book signing at Auburn Avenue Research library. This Alien Encounters topic was "Beyond Twilight and Harry Potter: Speculative Fiction for Young Adults of Color." The dicussion was timely, interesting, and important. I'm sad that I missed the other sessions, I was knee deep in finishing Breaking Free. Sadness. But what I heard at this panel was awesome.
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I am one of the authors that was a part of this panel, and my work did not even make it far enough for me to receive a critique. I sent out multiple queries and sample chapters and did not get one response. (Wait, I did get one response, where the agent said that he would be interested in reading the entire manuscript, but after that I did not hear from him with either negative or positive feedback.) I can say this, since I have released my novel, the people who have purchased it have been pretty diverse, black, white, asian, latino, everything, and the feed back that I mostly get is "I love your book." "I finished it in two days." "I could not put it down." and "When is the sequel coming out."
I can not say for certain why I never heard back from any of the folks that I queried. In fact, it would have been helpful to me to receive any sort of response. In the absence of that response, I am left feeling like my work did not even get a fair shake in the traditional publishing industry. But, the market seems to be speaking for itself with regards to the quality of my work, and I know that I have a good story that I will continue to try and share with the world.
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