In the query trenches and on submission, thriller author Jessica Payne went from piles of rejections to multiple offers from agents and publishers.

How? She reflected on her rejections and learned to pivot.

Plus, we discuss her experience with digital publisher Bookouture, and how she got her latest two-book deal with Penguin Random House.

The Long Road to Publishing with Eva Langston:

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Jessica Payne:

Website: www.jessicapayne.net

Substack: https://jessicapayneauthor.substack.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessicapayne.writer/

BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/jessicapayne.bsky.social

Show Notes:

We mentioned: 

• Jane Friedman
• Courtney Maum’s book Before and After the Book Deal
• Agent Rachelle Gardner’s explanation of why so many books die on submission: https://www.threads.net/@rachelle_literary_agent/post/DHi4X0Rs1vA
• https://goodstoryco.substack.com/p/the-one-trick-to-getting-published
• Gotham Ghost Writers

Credits:

The Long Road to Publishing is produced and edited by Eva Langston, and the intro/outro music comes from the artist Soundroll on #Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/lost-in-love

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