Tif Robinette could not afford a full edit of her horror novel. So she did something smarter with the money she had. She hired an editor to sharpen her query letter and her first chapter, the two things an agent actually sees first. Twenty-six agents came back asking for the full manuscript. Her novel, Swallerjaw, went on to sell in a two-book deal to Tor Nightfire, a Big 5 imprint, with a German translation on the way. Reedsy told her story here, and I keep thinking about it

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