I was driving home from work when I saw the email ping through on my phone. I had stopped at a red light, so I hungrily grasped the phone and opened the preview screen, eager to see the reply. I only managed to glimpse a few (positive) sentences before I realized I should probably wait until I was out from behind the wheel before reading the entire message. I sighed, then closed the screen and sat back, waiting for the light to change. It was...
YOU GUYS. Right now.... as we speak... (erm, type? Read? Whatever!) ... and, quite possibly, at this very moment... A LITERARY AGENT IS READING MY MANUSCRIPT!!!!! *squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee* I can't believe I'm finally, finally writing these words. I thought this freakin' day would never come. You all remember the query quandary I was in last year. Writing my first novel turned out to be the easy part, while crafting the "perfect...
You guys. I thought writing a novel would be one of the hardest things I’d ever do. I was totally wrong. I’ve finished three rounds of revisions on my manuscript, which means that it’s time to start querying agents. “Queries” are emails in which I beg literary agents in a professional manner to read 10-30 pages of the full novel I spent months pouring my blood, sweat, and tears into, in the hopes they will want to read the rest of the...
