I Have A Feeling About This...How my gut tells me the story is good.

As we have said time and time again, the publishing industry is really subjective and is never predictable. What works one day may not work the next. It is a bummer for writers that there is so much randomness with this business, but it is the simple truth. I have to say though, there are situations when the time of day or the mood I am in is completely factored out of the equation. This is when my gut tells me the story is good.

Surprisingly, you have all probably experienced this same feeling before.

Think of those books that you pick up and start reading. I'm not talking about those every day books. I'm talking about those that you pick up and simply can't stop reading. It is that feeling that I get when I find a story that I want to represent. When I get a submission that I feel I have to read that day, without interruptions, then I know I have something. It doesn't happen all of the time but I have to say, when it does, it is the most invogorating experience.

So, the simple question to you is, does your story hook me from the first sentence and make me want to keep reading? If you have to say, "just keep reading, you'll really like what is coming," then your story simply doesn't have it.

Hook me and keep me hooked.

Scott