I have news!
There’s been quite the dearth of writing news on this blog–no one knows that better than me. But I must tell you–I’m bursting to tell you–that after several frustrating, some would even say mind-boggling (me!), months searching for an agent, I have found one. And I couldn’t be more thrilled with her.
I spoke to her on the phone earlier this week–it was a lovely chat!–and afterwards I felt like I had truly found my ideal match. She is charming and sweet, and she loves my voice and my story. Hooray!
The whole situation is really rather serendipitous. I stumbled across her name and profile a while ago in association with a writers’ conference, and I filed it away for the time when I would start querying agents. So then recently, just as I’d decided to call it quits with the agent hunt and turn my attention to submitting to publishers directly, and maybe, eventually, self-publishing, round 2, I found the information I’d ferreted away. I decided to give it one more shot. And now, here I am, happy as a clam, to tell you that she is now my agent! One month turnaround time from snail-mail query to done deal! Unbelievable!
So…to sum up…there may be some writing news posted here occasionally in the coming months.
10/09/2009 at 9:17 pm
Yay! Congratulations!
So there will be lots of celebrating in Casa Goodnight this weekend? 😉
10/10/2009 at 12:04 am
Congratulations! I love to see fellow writers take that next step. So happy for you.
10/10/2009 at 1:05 am
CONGRATULATIONS!!! Can't wait to hear the deets.
10/10/2009 at 4:10 am
woo-hoo! that is awesome!! congrats and have fun celebrating this weekend! i'm making the blog rounds after a very long absence!
10/10/2009 at 5:50 am
Absolutely brilliant news!!! Hige congrats!
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10/10/2009 at 9:56 pm
Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
10/11/2009 at 3:01 am
Thank you sooo much for all the congratulations! You guys are great, and I love that you swing by to visit with me.
10/11/2009 at 10:32 pm
Congratulations! I'm very happy for you and believe that this news will lead to future good news! :o)
10/12/2009 at 7:11 am
That is FANTASTIC news!! I'm so happy for you!!!
10/12/2009 at 9:49 pm
That's fabulous news! Congratulations!!! I can't wait to see all the writing updates to come. I'm so excited for you.
10/13/2009 at 12:04 am
AN AGENT! Picture me mentally high-fiving you RIGHT NOW.
Well deserved. I am DELIGHTED.
10/13/2009 at 4:53 pm
Congrats Alyssa!
10/13/2009 at 6:22 pm
Congratulations! That is fantastic!
10/23/2009 at 4:09 am
That's such great news about your new agent! Congratulations! And thanks for visiting my site, and for your congrats on my pregnancy.
Yes, it's been a long time — it was really good to hear from you, and to visit your site and see how well you've been doing. (Your Halloween party plans look pretty great, too…) Hope y'all are having some of this gorgeous, cool weather we've been having here in Austin. It's just the nicest time of year, I think.
10/26/2009 at 8:07 pm
First time I have ever posted on a blog, would you believe, but I felt your excitement at bagging an actual agent and just wanted to say well done ! How amazing that must have felt. I am at the start of my journey so will watch with interest as yours continues. Congrats.
10/28/2009 at 9:30 pm
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
So glad you came out of lurk, Caroline! Hope you come back to visit!