Listen to Jim, he knows what he's talking about! https://twitter.com/JimZub/status/1362747204956528647

An addendum to @JimZub's excellent thread
--even if you get someone's attention or make some connections, it can be slow going. Even when I come across writers I LOVE, I don't cast them until I feel confident I can place them somewhere they'll succeed.

That's not always satisfying to hear when you need to pay bills, and I've definitely seen writers get impatient and move on, but I've also gone back to writers who contacted me years ago to be like "hey I finally have this thing, you want to take a crack at it?"

Or even "hey, I kept this pitch of yours about ___ from months ago and now we're looking for a book about ___, do you still want to do it?"

Even the things you've mostly written off may turn into opportunities on a long enough timeline. Comics is often a waiting game.

And while you wait, you keep building your resume and honing your pitching arm. (A variation of that is how I got into Marvel Editorial on my third attempt!) It's a long-haul career and it's not for everyone, so it helps to go into it knowing as much as you can.

And one last bit--I can't understate the impact of being a dependable, communicative and adaptable collaborator. That'll get your name passed around to people with hiring power more than you can imagine.