Master the Art of Submitting: The Secret to Thriving as a Writer Without Burning Out
A big reason to submit for folks who write CNF is to add weight to a collection of essays. An agent is going to want to see that a collection can attract readers. Publication credits are built in evidence that folks out there are interested in reading your work already. Why? Agents like money. Readers have money. When an agent is getting dozens of queries a day, the one that includes, “with works published in … ” is going to stand out. And that is the goal, right? To build a collection for when someone says, “Oh, what did you write?” It feels a lot better to hand them a book, rather than send them a link.
