The Great Agent Hunt is over

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Jeannie Lin is represented by Gail Fortune of the Talbot Fortune Agency.

That felt really good to be able to say that! This has been a long, long road and I know a new journey is just beginning. It’s nice to have an advocate by my side for this leg of it.

Think good thoughts for Butterfly Swords!

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Decision day

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I’m hoping to have news today. Big news. Agent hunt news.

For everyone who’s been holding my hand, I’m sorry to be such a spaz. I was hoping to be a ninja about it and not say a thing until the deed was done…but I was weak and needed multiple shoulders to lean on.

I’m actually only typing this blog post because I need something to do with my hands.

I need to go work out and get rid of some of this adrenaline before I pass out from it.

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Query wars: Ouch and double ouch

Filed in: writing    Tags: agents | queries | rejection | writing

I don’t care what people say, nicely worded rejections DO hurt less. I got a one-two agent punch in the head today – back to back rejections. One on a full request and one on a partial.

They both said the writing was good, but it’s not a right fit for them or the market. One of them used the term “extremely well written.” A crumb, but a tasty one. Got the same response from a pie-in-the-sky full request a couple of weeks ago.

I’m still holding out hope that if the writing is phenomenal (I have a lot more work to do on that front) then someone will overlook the fact that there’s not a huge market for Asian themed romance and take a chance on a kid like me.

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