Author R.A. Gasparac

I finally did it. After two months of doing everything to avoid sending out my first batch of Query Letters, I finally sat down and just did the damn thing. Here’s a few things I learned from the process.

1.) Every agency has quirks in how they want you to submit. I learned. They aren’t being picky to deter you from submitting – they just want to tell the difference between serial manuscript spammers, and people who had taken the time to read the guidelines to research the agency. Yes this takes a lot of time, but if it isn’t worth it for you – then you will never have a career in writing.

2.)It isn’t all that hard. It’s just tedious. Procrastinating in submitting only delayed the inevitable. The hardest part about the process is to get over your own mental roadblocks.

3.)I am okay with rejection. I have no fear. Even if no agency picks up my book, I am an advocate for my story. I am the only person who cares the most about it. If no one gets what I am trying to say, I gave it the best chance at succeeding.