I am on the other side of history!
It’s nothing at that significant, of course; what I mean is, I’m looking back at having started my agent search, having dreaded the whole process for literally years!
Up until Friday 11th September 2015, I hadn’t really told many people about my novel: my husband, a close friend, and a handful of people on critters.org, who have absolutely no idea who I was anyways. But now, I’ve sent my story out into the world, to professionals, who’s job it is to take seriously what I do in my spare time. Which just feels weird to me, since I’m not quite sure I’ve been taking it seriously yet.
It was a bit surreal, when I hit <send> on that first e-mail query. I couldn’t quite believe that I’d done it. This is getting serious, I realized, though. They’re going to laugh at me.
Oops.
Did I just think that?
They’re going to laugh at me?
Yeah. I did just think that. I can’t believe that I might actually make a living as a science fiction / fantasy writer. I can’t believe that I might, one day, be an author. That’s crazy talk. That’s just a dream. It’s just a joke.
…or is it?
Seven queries sent every two weeks, until further notice. That’s the goal. Let’s see if this dream can turn into… something much greater.
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