So, I've been out of blogdom for a-long-long-while (occasionally lurking at the edges). Partially b/c I was chiseling away at a manuscript. Told myself I'd get back into this with sporadic verve when/if success struck. A wise woman (my wife) once told me to celebrate the little steps. When I had my first story pubbed in an Apex anthology, I was stoked for a day, but then it was nose back to grindstone because that wasn't big enough success in my stupid eyes.
But these past several days have been pure awesome (after about 3-4 months of full-on struggle). After going through some serious revision, I signed with agent Ammi-Joan Paquette of EMLA, who is, as one client described her, a wunderkind ("amazing author, agent... and still only in high-school." Almost that young, and a complete sweetheart). Read more about the path over at MSFV.
Now time to get back to the grindstone.
Congrats, glad to know you're still plugging away at it!
ReplyDeleteBeen wondering how and what you're doing! Good to hear from you at last, and with such good news! Congrats! :)
ReplyDeleteWow, congratulations! Ammi-Joan is one of the agents I'm interested in as well, so it's cool to hear more about her.
ReplyDeleteYay! Congratulations!! I'm so excited for you!
ReplyDeleteAwesome! I LOVE to hear when more writers get agents! And Ammi-Joan is so sweet! Congrats!
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks for stopping by my blog. Maybe we'll get to be submission buddies! :D
Welcome aboard, brother! Thanks for stopping by my blog the other day. What kind of stuff do you write?
ReplyDeleteCongratulations and best wishes :-)
ReplyDeleteCongrtadulations! and good to see you around again.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, good sir. And yes, absolutely celebrate the little steps, though I consider this to be more than a 'little' step. Good for you!
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