How I Got My Agent
Surreal as it feels to write this, I now am officially repped by the amazing Bibi Lewis of the Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency. Bibi is such an enthusiastic cheerleader for my YA speculative thriller BROKEN MOON, and an all-around awesome human. I know my ferocious underdog protagonist Trina's story will be in excellent hands with her, and I cannot wait to get started on the work ahead of us! In the meantime, I've had many fellow query trenchers reach out asking if I have any helpful thoughts to share based on my querying process. The answer is YES. I have spent the past year filling my head with super-niche knowledge that I will hopefully never need again, and I'm happy to pass it along to anyone it may help. Over the next little while, I'll be posting a small series exploring various aspects of the querying process and what I learned. For today, here are the basic stats for my querying process: Months spent querying: 12 Number of queries sent: 130 Number of full requ...