Good gollly, miss molly the last few weeks have been hectic!
Not only has the Baltimore Comic-Con come and gone, but I spent the better part of the last few weeks hunkered down send out agent query letters galore. I’ve got something like 40 or so letters circulating the industry, pegging every agent I could find who seemed like they might be interested in a project like Finders Keepers.
I checked out agents that represent science fiction. Those who represent fantasy. Urban fantasy. HuGood gollly, miss molly the last few weeks have been hectic!
Not only has the Baltimore Comic-Con come and gone, but I spent the better part of the last few weeks hunkered down send out agent query letters galore. I’ve got something like 40 or so letters circulating the industry, pegging every agent I could find who seemed like they might be interested in a project like Finders Keepers.
I checked out agents that represent science fiction. Those who represent fantasy. Urban fantasy. Humor. As well as the more ambiguous genre known as offbeat/quirky–whatever that means. But hey, Finders Keepers is a little offbeat and quirky, so who knows?
My agent query lists are not quite done yet, but I’ve made a pretty nice dent. I’ve just got a few more leads I’m following up, and then it’s time for me to sit back and do the thing I hate to do most of all–wait. Wait, wait, wait. And ooh, how I hate the waiting, hate leaving the outcome up to someone else. But once I’ve done all I can do, the letters will find their way to the agents, and those folks will be as swift or as drawn out as they will be.
Don’t get me wrong–I’m excited as all get out. I’ve never felt better about Finders Keepers, and I’m on the cusp of seeing my book getting better than ever (more will come on that very soon–very exciting!). The buzz from the comic-book conventions is great, the overall response from agents has been steady and getting better and better, and a few people who have read advanced copies–or are still reading–have had super encouraging things to say about Finders Keepers.
So why wouldn’t I be excited?
And yet I have to just wait a bit–patience is a tricky bugger. I’m not naturally patient. I’ve had to work at it. Overall I’d say I’m far more patient than ever, and probably getting more patient as time goes by. But that doesn’t mean I [i]like[/i] being patient. Like most people, I want what I want and I want it now. If only!
But Finders Keepers is circulating. It’s circulating with passion and it’s circulating with energy and increased frequency. The more I keep talking about it, the more I promote it–and the more other people get excited about it–the more likely that Finders Keepers will break sooner rather than later. For Finders Keepers, it isn’t a matter of[i] if [/i]it’s going to explode onto the scene, but [i]when[/i].
Now that my summer agents query bonanza is nearly wrapped up, now that many, many seeds have been planted, it’s time for me to sit back and watch them grow. Watch as the winds carry them from place to place, pollinating, if you will.
Finders Keepers is making the rounds. It’s making the rounds in a big way.
Finders Keepers is coming. Finders Keepers is coming …
