My Dream Agent

Getting back from work and writing a two page scene from my novel, I come home in the comforts of my room and trusted elite computer and venture on the watery waves of the web and surf its seas. As always, I proceed with looking at my blog and checking the blogs that I follow. Then I come across Ms. Nelson's blog, which frankly I'm too tired to link. If you must read their entries find them at the right side of my tools section.

Now, getting back to my post. I just read at Ms. Nelson's blog of how she stands tall and proud of being an agent and I humbly admire her for that. Thus, reading that entry and all of the other entries I read at her blog, makes me want her as my agent soooooooooo BAD! Really really damn bad. But I step back and reduce my hopes and expectancies of having her. For when I query her, she may possibly turn me down. And not all authors get their most dreamed agent at the first try. Let me tell you why I love her so. It's because she stands as an agent that protects authors which you rarely find in an agent. Most agents these days focus on the career part of their clients, selling more manuscripts, getting more clients, harboring the barrier between aspiring new authors and publishers and the list goes on... Well, one thing is for sure, she's not like that--at least that's what I have concluded so far from her posts. Though at first, I was hesitant with her approach, saying she might not be the right agent for me. But after reading post after post, I realized an agent isn't supposed to just represent what genre you write. An agent is supposed to be your guard, your watcher and your ally in the literary world. I do hope she's the one for me though, realizing all of this. But maybe there is a probable chance that she may not and that's okay with me. But if its at all possible I'd really wish she'd ask for my full and offer representation when I query. That's why I'm holding out so patiently from querying her until I really know that I got a red hot chance of making her say yes to me.

that's all :)

we hope, we break, we learn, we grow, then we hope again

okay, for the most part my post maybe a little bit not related to the title. so why is it a title? I don't know. I just like the ring to it cause I was advising my friend on a heartache and I just came up with that.

Moving on...

I hit a car this afternoon. Nothing big, just made a scratch on him and on my car. IT sucks. There was this guy who came out at nowhere and started trafficking for me cause I was in a Uturn slot. Then he was asking for money for helping me. I was like what? Then boom. I forgot to stop. Because another guy was telling me to go and the freaking car just zoomed in my front. Well they were nice. I had to pay them 1k in peso, not in dollars. So I guess everythings fixed, provided I had to give my number and we had to swap car plate numbers and i had to take a photo of the damage. Well, eff that. My dad was like, you got your car hit? Again? Lol. Well thats life. Sorry my Lancer baby. You have to go get a new paint job, again. Crazy.

And you know where I went that afternoon? to the freaking postal office to get a freaking SASE or in this case, IRC, that costs like 115 pesos. In dollars thats about 2.50. That's still way too high for a freaking postage stamp. Then my snail mail for one agent cost around 315~6.50. Now I spent a lot of money this day when i was supposed to be saving. Oh deary my. Now I bought 10 IRC's, prepping my query letters again to travel in USA. OH dear..

querying update...the patience game

It has been not more than two weeks and I am growing impatient while I wait for my great agent (who seems to be still unknown) to reply to my query letters and ask for sample chapters. Often in this industry, agents asking for samples come by so rare and asking for manuscripts even scarcer. I've revamped my query from a very detailed almost synopsis like to a mushed down teaser with a voice to a concise less than 150 word voice-full letter. Well I hope my voice does come around on one of the agents, I've emailed. Because I am so racking my brains out and trying yoga classes just to maintain patience. And true enough, I can't seem to divert my attention elsewhere. Although I do have to learn how to make flash websites for my restaurant's website cause its still in plain HTML. I just can't move without a response. Honestly, I think if I just grabbed my agent already, I can really just sit back and focus on the other subjects at hand and what I really like doing.

Reading a ton of blogs is certainly or is unlikely making me for forget my manuscript waiting inside my hard drive. Blah!

querying update

Just sent a batch of queries to agents who have a field in multi culture and YA but not totally into fantasy. My friend said I should at least query them since my agent lists are running thin.
I've sent out a new fresh query, although I don't know if its stellar or not. But at least, I've given my best shot after being critiqued in AQuery.com and reading some blogs from the Query Shark. Of course I've even enlisted the aid of my sister, who is a reader and likes to see the real in things. Anyways, I've come up with a query which I think should at least be given an attention to.

bye for now :)