The Boring Part

I've decided querying is the most boring part of writing. I'm so glad it will only (hopefully) happen once. 

When I last wrote I was in the heady exhilaration of trying something new. It's not new now. It's repetitious.

It was easy to begin compiling a list of potential agents, but I have less than 50 in my spreadsheet, and everyone talks about "hundreds", so I figured I'd find more to add later.

Next step was to fill in details about the agents and decide which were the best fit. I expect to query all of them, but I'm adding an element of prayer and instinct to my list: As I read bios and company information, who do I think is likely a good fit for me, and vice versa?

This is the long part. The research part. The "opening websites to find an agent, only to find that the website is inactive or that the agent is no longer there" part. It's tedious. I never was a fan of research.

I'm giving myself until the 14th to finish polishing this first list. Because it's tedious and time-consuming. I can't do it for long stretches of time.

The good news is, in the process of researching individual agents, I've found two more websites where I might find more agents to add to my spreadsheet. Later. Let me plod through this one first.

Don't get me wrong, I'm still excited to be at this point! I'm proud of myself for keeping going through the tedium, and anxious for the feedback to come in from my (now) FOUR readers.

I'm also anxious because, in reading the requirements for queries, I went back and re-read the first few pages of my manuscript and now I think it sucks and there's no possible way an agent will accept it. But I'm NOT touching it. No edits until the readers respond!

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