Yeah. I spent years trying to get an agent for my debut literary punk rock YA novel. Dozens of agents read the book; one agent read it three times and sent me these glowing emails about it but then disappeared. One agent literally told me it would be hard to market a book about an upperclass WSM. Everyone's looking for 'marginalized voices,' as if there are only a couple books by Black writers, etc. Walk into any major bookstore: You'll be confronted with the opposite. I have no problem with that, but be honest and open to ALL perspectives, not just a select woke few.

Here's my book (The Crew, by Michael Mohr): amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CT…

I write about my experience here: michaelmohr.substack.co…

Michael Mohr

Sincere American Writing

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