Even if you manage to land a literary agent, the two of you still need to sell your book to a publisher. Sometimes, no matter how hard you both work, the book “dies on submission,” a term I didn’t even know existed until after my book Lauren from Last Night didn’t make it in 2020. Publishers said it was well written, unique, charming and funny, but “too literary,” and the cast was “too diverse.” All true. And what I wanted for that book. The reason I’m telling you this “failure” story is….