The month of December was a huge surge for me in my quest to find an agent. I was agent mad. Researching, writing query letters, running back and forth to the post office, sending emails, doing more research.
And then I found myself at the end of the wave. I had a few stragglers to send out, but by early January my first big push to find agent came to a close. There’s still something like 15 or 20 agents I’m still waiting to hear back from, but my initial list is wrapped up.
During thiThe month of December was a huge surge for me in my quest to find an agent. I was agent mad. Researching, writing query letters, running back and forth to the post office, sending emails, doing more research.
And then I found myself at the end of the wave. I had a few stragglers to send out, but by early January my first big push to find agent came to a close. There’s still something like 15 or 20 agents I’m still waiting to hear back from, but my initial list is wrapped up.
During this down time–agent search-wise–over the last few weeks, I’ve been putting most of my FINDERS KEEPERS energy into building this Web site. And now that the site is almost done–not quite, but soon–I’ll be gearing back up again for my next big push to land an agent.
By my count I’ve sent out about 35 query letters so far. I want to send out at least another 25 by the end of February. If so, I will have surpassed my original target, which was to send out 50 letters by April 1. But still, I’ve got work to do.
And that’s the thing about the publishing process–there’s always more to do. Especially now, in the early days, it’s especially tough because I need to put so much time and energy into getting published that I don’t have the time to do the thing I love most–write! Eventually I’ll have an agent, and at least that part of the process will be complete. But then there’s getting published, and then the next book and on and on and on …
Which I can’t wait for.
But since I haven’t had as much time to write lately–meaning, I haven’t started my next book yet–I’m getting a real bang out of blogging and adding entries to the message boards. It keeps me writing … and involved. I’ve also been tinkering around with some short stories I wrote a few years ago, but they need work, and I’m not sure I’ve got the steam to tackle them right now.
But as soon as I get that next batch of agents query letters out, I’ll let you know, and hopefully I’ll have big news sooner rather than later. Until then, I’ll be blogging away.
