My book is finally on submission. (insert painful swallow here) Going "on sub" means my agent is submitting my manuscript to the editors at various publishing houses. As much as I'd love to share the details of this part of the journey here, I can't. I'm...
literary agents
Isn’t it cool when the most exciting thing in your day happens before 9 am?
And no, it's not because the constructions workers next door are listening to salsa music and wiggling their butts while they work. (Really.) My conference call this morning with my agent went well. She's such a nice person, full of laughs, and she says fuck more than...
It just takes one yes
I'm almost at the point where I feel I should stop talking about querying and rejections. It's time to focus on the positive, yes? With Query Hell behind me, it's time to retire the spreadsheet and move forward in this process. There's lots to be...
The Call
So here's how it happened... and this is a long post, so you might want to go get a coffee before settling in. I don't tell good stories quickly! 😉 I queried Victoria via email in the wee hours of the morning on January 15th (I was up very, very late). ...