A sample chapter just went out to Agent #2. I actually sent her a query letter almost ten years ago for another book I wrote, a memoir of my experiences in Italy. I really didn't know anything about the process back then (as if I do now) and I shudder to think what that letter looked like. I wasn't ready to pitch the book at all, but a writer I had met several times offered to put in a good word for me, and I figured it was worth a shot. Needless to say, she passed.
But, now I'm back again. I didn't mention the old pitch, or her old client, because she has a new agent now, and I have no idea if they ended things on good terms or not. I figured it was best to go at this one blind.
She liked my proposal and she wants to see the first chapter, so that went out today via e-mail. Come to find out though, my e-mail has been doing screwy things, putting all kinds of characters in the text and taking out punctuation. Way to look professional.
We won't be holding our breath for Agent #2.
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