Archive - Just Reading All Day

Q&A: how many stories in a collection should be published; very recent comps; will editors ghost less in 2026; should you invent an offer of…

18 hrs ago • Danielle Bukowski

Buying a book is not the editor's decision alone

Agents submit books to editors, and its the editors who write to either reject or express interest in potentially buying the book.

Jan 13 • Danielle Bukowski

Are Agents Avoiding the Hard Sell?

When I decline queries or full manuscripts, I occasionally receive responses that have a tone (or an explicit sentence) that goes something like: I know…

Jan 9 • Danielle Bukowski

A little Wednesday post in January

plus some Anticipating (2026)

Jan 7 • Danielle Bukowski

New year, old links

Jan 2 • Danielle Bukowski

December 2025

All the books I read in 2025

Here is a list of every book I read “not for work” in 2025 (I don’t count books I read for research, books on my own list, or manuscripts I considered…

Dec 22, 2025 • Danielle Bukowski

Stats: 2025 in Sales and Publications

What does an agent do all day?

Dec 18, 2025 • Danielle Bukowski

12.8.2025 a week in the life of a literary agent

My last WITL post of 2025!

Dec 12, 2025 • Danielle Bukowski

Q&A: an agent's influence on best-of lists; the market for short novels; reading without agent-hat on; who pays for the author photo; a…

Happy December!

Dec 8, 2025 • Danielle Bukowski

The Paperback Redesign

This post is mostly inspired by the titles on my list getting great new covers next year, and I wanted to highlight them!

Dec 2, 2025 • Danielle Bukowski

November 2025

My Definitive List of the Best Books of 2025

It’s year-end best-of list season.

Nov 26, 2025 • Danielle Bukowski

Q&A: querying at the end of the year; conference requests; agents closing to submissions; the comp of the year

Nov 21, 2025 • Danielle Bukowski

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