BRYANT WIENEKE

A few weeks ago, I received the latest rejection notice from a literary agent. It was April 2025 when I sent out over 100 queries. I'm not sure how many emails I received from them, beyond the knee-jerk response of "if you don't hear from me, that means I hate your stuff." Those weren't their words, obviously. Many of the auto-responses were quite nice. But a rejection is a rejection. In the past nine months, I have been very busy working on writing projects, my own as well a

The book cover attached to this post has nothing to do with trying to sell my latest book to agents and publishers. It was, however, the...

Cover of "Too Much with Us, Late and Soon" by Bryant Wieneke, the eighth self-published novel in the series, featuring illustrations of...

I finally finished working my way through the Literary Agents database. Of the 151 agents listed, I submitted 91 queries, customized to...

It has been slow-going with my campaign to tantalize book agents into taking on my new book, Eternal Moments . I have sent queries to...

I have been sending out query letters to literary agents and publishers for 25 years and still have a box-full of rejection letters that...

The draft of my new novel, 10th in the series, was sent to readers this morning. It has taken me longer than expected to get to this...

I'm writing now as I near completion of the tenth novel in my series of political thrillers, Memories Are a Place, Not a Time . Set...

Shepherd.com is a new website that facilitates the search for good books to read by getting recommendations from authors in a huge...

In conjunction with the issuance of the ninth novel in my acclaimed Priority Series of contemporary political thrillers, the first novel...