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Leading on from first piece…

Last week I sent a query letter to an agent, once again. He surprised me by emailing within a few hours and asking to see the full manuscript so I sent it off with a cheer (because getting to that stage is great enough) – and then yesterday I got an offer of representation.

I’m stunned. Three years I’ve been looking for an agent and admittedly most of the time I’ve been “doin’ it rong.” I tried to get an agent for Standish (after it was published – D’OH, aren’t you glad it was me making these egregious errors and not you?) and then Transgressions. (before, thank goodness!) I am not surprised that Transgressions didn’t get picked up, because it’s very genre, and at the time, it was still going to be viewed as “OMG Gay historical? What the hell is that?” So I finished Junction X and started trying to get that represented—and being that it’s sort of literary, and non-romance I had hopes.

And yay!

Of course this doesn’t mean a sale, it’s an agent, not a publisher. But it’s an agent! He really likes the book (obviously, I suppose) and I’m really quite excited.

Watch this space!