Today I went through Writers Market and carpet bombed agents. I got as far as the "E"s and then stopped. I don't want to hit them all only to find out that there's some major flaw in my proposal. There are a finite number of agents out there after all.
One of the ones I emailed was an A list agent. I figured it was probably a long shot, but what the hell. After I sent the query I got a form response telling me that due to the busy nature of the firm, I shouldn't expect a personal response. Twenty minutes later, I got a personal response. He liked the query and wanted my first three chapters. I sent those, and a few hours later, he replied back. He's passing on the project, but when I shot him an email asking if he had any pointers to pass along, he did. Just that bit of human contact was really nice in a world of form letters. I don't mind that he passed, I'm just thrilled that he took the time to write to me.
All in all, a good day.
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