The quest for an agent...

The time has come again. I need an agent. Not because I've made the big time, but because there are houses that I want to submit to, but can't on my own. Damn that unsolicited manuscript rule. I know, I know...it keeps out alot of the crap -- but still. It's hard enough to find an agent that takes on clients that write smutty romance, but smutty gay romance?!?

Why now? Why go through this torture again?

THE major novel, that has consumed the last 10 months of my life, is coming to an end. And now, as I'm doing revisions/rewrites, I've realized that I want to have a choice of publishers to submit to.

Publisher A takes queries, which is good enough for me. Unless I think about writing them, of course. But I know I at least have the chance of them asking to see sample chapters or even the full manuscript.

Publisher B, I only accepts agented submissions unless you're going for one of the imprints. Like Pulisher A, they also offer an advance, but the royalty is a bit higher. There is also the fact that they could also make an outright purchase.

Both A & B publish smutty gay romance :-)

*sigh*

Unfortunately I've been on this "quest for an agent" before and have been turned down by some of the biggest agencies. Perhaps I had my hopes a bit too high when I submitted to Writer's House -- but hey -- can't blame a girl for trying.

So now, I'm sitting here thinking of all of the queries and cover letters I have to write, and I just want to cry. I can write anything else, but ask me to write a letter and the little wheels in my blonde brain, just cease to turn.

An editor I chatted with said, "Oh don't worry, you'll do fine. Just be brief and tell them exactly what you want".

*looks skeptical*

Yeah...sure. Brevity has never been my stong point. Just consult my 250,000 word count novels to find that out.

Telling them what I want without sounding like a complete moron? mmm' humm..........

Anyone want to write some letters?