Office Hours Recap! (November ’25)

Thanks so much to everyone who attended Office Hours last Thursday!

In case you missed it, you can watch the video above (if you’re reading via the newsletter, please click here to see it).

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Among the topics we covered:

• Do I really need subplots?
• Is it okay to query agents during the holidays?
• Does it help to publish in anthologies and lit journals?
• Publishing scams
• If you get an agent, will they reconsider earlier manuscripts?
• What if an agent’s list is full?
• A.I. for editing vs. paid editors
• What if you’ve run out of agents to query?
• What help do writers overseas need in the U.S.?
• Is it okay to query overseas agents?
• What’s been the impact of book bans?
• Alternatives to KDP for self-publishing
• Are there rules for the time span of a MG novel?
• The state of science fiction

You can navigate to specific sections of the call by hovering over the video like so:

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