Editor Turned Literary Agent, Shelly Romero Shares Important Insights on Traditional Publishing

Send me a Text Message! Former Scholastic editor Shelly Romero just made the leap to literary agent.  And she"s spilling the industry secrets most writers never hear.  After eight years of editorial experience and now with an agent"s perspective, Shelly reveals…What really happens when agents read your opening pagesWhy manuscripts need to be more polished than everThe submission mistakes that trigger instant rejections.  What You"ll Learn:Why voice trumps plot in manuscript submissionsExact polish level needed for today"s publishing marketQuery red flags that guarantee instant rejections Click here to learn more about Shelly Romero Connect with Shelly on Instagram Guest Bio: Shelly Romero began her publishing career in 2017 at Scholastic, where she rose up the ranks from editorial assistant to associate editor, where she acquired her own titles and assisted on series publishing for The Bad Guys and Goosebumps. She later joined Cake Creative as Lead Editor, and she was most recently a freelance editor. She graduated from Stephens College with a bachelor’s degree in English and attended the 2017 NYU Summer Publishing Institute. Shelly was selected as a 2020 Publishers Weekly Star Watch Honoree and is a member of Latinx in Publishing & People of Color in Publishing. Born and raised in Miami by Honduran parents, she now resides in New York City, where she might be found at a movie theatre viewing the latest release from her Letterboxd watchlist. Episodes I think you"ll love…3 Keys to Nailing the Opening of Your NovelLiterary Agent and Author Jenna Satterthwaite on Making it in the Publishing IndustryTurn Your Manuscript into a Page-Turner Using The Central Question Framework with Julie Tyler RuizLiterary Agent Jessica Berg Shares How to Catch an Agent"s Eye Get the list of 125+ Literary Agents who rep Thriller, Mystery, Suspense, and Crime Fiction Study the Opening Paragraphs of the Top Authors Writing Thrillers Right Now