This is so useful!! Thanks for sharing. I also find it exhausting to be in public and the idea of promoting ME scares the crap out of me! As the host of Junction Reads my biggest advice is to pitch early! If your book is coming out next year, START NOW!! Most series kick off in September (or at least curated with a Fall start date). We already have a waiting list for the 2025/2026 season so if an author reaches out in September about their book that launches in November, we won’t have a spot. The entire season will be locked down by the middle of May, so if your book comes out next June, we still won’t have a spot. It is so difficult to say no to authors with great books, so one of our criteria has become pub date. We choose the most recent. Shitty, I know, but we had to create some way of narrowing the list.
Mockler, you are a fucking gem, this is SO helpful! Especially for, ahem, those of us with sizeable gaps between our books, amid a literary landscape that undergoes so much change! I've saved it for planning re my spring 2026 book. xoxo
This is so useful!! Thanks for sharing. I also find it exhausting to be in public and the idea of promoting ME scares the crap out of me! As the host of Junction Reads my biggest advice is to pitch early! If your book is coming out next year, START NOW!! Most series kick off in September (or at least curated with a Fall start date). We already have a waiting list for the 2025/2026 season so if an author reaches out in September about their book that launches in November, we won’t have a spot. The entire season will be locked down by the middle of May, so if your book comes out next June, we still won’t have a spot. It is so difficult to say no to authors with great books, so one of our criteria has become pub date. We choose the most recent. Shitty, I know, but we had to create some way of narrowing the list.
Thanks, Alison. This is very helpful information.
Mockler, you are a fucking gem, this is SO helpful! Especially for, ahem, those of us with sizeable gaps between our books, amid a literary landscape that undergoes so much change! I've saved it for planning re my spring 2026 book. xoxo
Congratulations! Yes it is totally different!