Hope, Anxiety, Unchained Optimism
An agent requested the first 100 pages of Flamingo Dawn this morning. She went further, promising to read and respond within two weeks. Two weeks! That’s a blink of the eye in this business. I’ll let you know how it turns out.
Biting the Apple: entries in this category have to do with writing for publication, agents, editors, mood swings, steely eyed post office workers. If this sort of thing bores you, you can skip this category altogether.
An editor who read Flamingo Dawn suggested I get in touch with people who have connections to the large houses, so that’s what I’m doing. My current agent doesn’t like the detective thriller genre. He’s a non-fiction kind of guy although he did market a novel of mine last summer. Given the time and effort required to sell a manuscript, an agent has to be highly motivated to endure the process.