A few years ago, while struggling to tame one of our overfull bookcases, I spotted my old three-inch thick 2008 Writer’s Market. Sticky-note laden and adorned by multi-colored highlights, folded page corners, and a dozen paperclips, I hate to think how many hours I spent curled around that book, studying which publisher wanted what and how to get a query or manuscript to them.
I used to purchase a revised edition every other year or so, but that stopped in 2008 when I signed my publishing contract for Soliloquy. That contract, coupled with a growing online presence by publishers and websites such as querytracker.com, dispelled my desire to buy a newer version of Writer’s Market.
New hopes and dreams usurped old, and after flipping through 2008 one final time while contemplating all of the research and effort held within those pages, it proved impossible for me to imagine how many publication goals were fulfilled by RMFW authors by way of all that tiny text and somewhat obscure symbology.
Rest in peace, 2008 Writer’s Market. Your work here is done.
Written by Janet Fogg