![]() ![]() And to back-track for a second, the first manuscript my agent sent out was NOT the manuscript in that very first query letter. It was very exciting and completely nerve-wrecking. That of course happened with the help of chocolate, and my amazing critique group.Īnd one lonely query to a brilliant agent at an amazing Agency turned into a partial…which turned into a full…which turned into a revision letter…which turned into a request to see more of my writing…which turned into a contract!Īnd then your agent hooked you up with a publisher – what was that process like? That this-this writing stories thing-was something I was born for and meant for and that I just had to keep trying. ![]() ![]() And though at times I thought that maybe I should just give up, I knew beyond any doubt that I couldn’t. Obviously after the first through ten informal rejections, my hopeful abandon turned into something that resembled more of a pleaful begging as I slid my envelope and SASE into the mailbox. I went into my first query with hopeful abandon thinking that surely this first agent would think that my beloved manuscript was brilliant and they would be knocked to the floor in awe. ![]()
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