Over the weekend, as I was catching up on my submissions, I received a ton of emails that made statements such as "I am submitting to you because of your great interest in [fill in the blank]" and it was that fill in the blank part that was the red flag. When you make statements of things I don't represent, then hmmmm, what do you think?
Better yet, when you tell me you have done your research and you have really loved what I represent but then submit projects with themes, or tropes that I have openly stated I totally hate, then you have clearly not done your research. Let me give you a taste of that list: no adultery, not a fan of road trip stories, women's fiction with baggage, time travel where you read a book and "poof", romantic suspense with a mind reader.... I have mentioned this a lot here. I have mentioned this on FB. I have talked about this at conferences.
Once again, I am going to say the same thing I always say. Do your research.
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