[Dramatic pause.]
I have a literary agent.
She is the marvelous Kate Schafer Testerman of kt literary. She loves my book. Giggle.
I am still not quite sure this is real.
The blogosphere would have me believe this is possible, that querying agents with a polished, revised manuscript will get you partial and full requests, which may — if you are devilishly lucky — lead to an offer of representation from someone as enthusiastic, knowledgeable, and kind as Kate. The blogosphere also led me to believe that I probably wouldn’t get an offer from any of my top agents. Apparently, and I say this grinning, this isn’t always the case. Not only do I now have an agent, but I’d ranked Kate as a top agent from the start and I queried her on the first day I started querying. Take that, odds!
The odds of this, however, are a bit staggering. I’m still in awe.
And this has happened… to me. I queried. I received the requests. I received the offer. I accepted. This is real.
I am so incredibly happy right now.
Yamile
/ 23 July 2010Congrats! I love this kind of stories!
Carrie Harris
/ 23 July 2010Yay! Welcome, agency sister! Kate is made of awesome (and some of her clients aren’t bad too).
Um… maybe this is the part where I mention I’m one of those clients?
Anyway, HUGE congrats! Can’t wait to hear more about your book!
Liz Czukas
/ 23 July 2010Congratulations! Someone has to be that 0.2%, right? Might as well be you! Best of luck with the next stages.
- Liz
From Liz Czukas’s [type]: Like Hats Upon Your Crazy Heads
Susan
/ 23 July 2010Congratulations! Thanks for reminding the rest of us that it CAN happen.
Kristan
/ 23 July 2010EEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
From Kristan’s [type]: Follow through
Natalie Whipple
/ 23 July 2010Yay! I hear nothing but good things about Kate! I know many of her clients and they all love her. Congrats!
From Natalie Whipple’s [type]: Answers- The Mostly Useful Edition
Suzanne Casamento
/ 23 July 2010Congratulations! Welcome to the kt literary family! Carrie’s right. Kate’s made of awesome. And Carrie is too. :)
From Suzanne Casamento’s [type]: Question of the Day 624
Stephanie Perkins
/ 23 July 2010Congratulations!! Welcome to the family! :)
E. F. Danehy
/ 23 July 2010Aw! Thank you all so much!
Carrie, Suzanne, Stephanie — you make it sound like I’ve joined some kind of awesome sorority or secret society made of win. *grins*
J. P. Cabit
/ 23 July 2010Aaaaaaaaaaaah!!!! That’s amazing! How nice it would be to have such serendipity fall into my hands…sigh*
(Found you through Kristan’s blog…)
Trish
/ 23 July 2010Congratulations and welcome to the KT family!!
Jamie
/ 25 July 2010WHAT WHAT! That is awesome!! Congrats!!
From Jamie’s [type]: the wrath of jamie
Sara Raasch
/ 26 July 2010Welcome to the secret society! I mean agency. Ahem.
(We’ll show you the SEKRIT handshake later.)
Rebecca @ Diary of a Virgin Novelist
/ 3 August 2010Congrats!!!!! I love hearing about success stories!
From Rebecca @ Diary of a Virgin Novelist’s [type]: Writing- The End
Shari
/ 3 August 2010CONGRATULATIONS!!! :-)
From Shari’s [type]: Characters Or friends