The Agent Hunt

Unless we authors decide to undertake the task of self-publishing, we’ve all found ourselves in this position—the position of seeking the perfect agent. Upon starting this journey, I didn’t think it would be so difficult. I was wrong—in a big way!

First, I had to find agents that represented YA. The good news: Lots and lots of agents rep YA. The bad news: Not all of them accepted my book’s genre. I couldn’t query every agent seeking YA. That would’ve been a waste of not only my time, but the agent’s time as well. So, I narrowed my list.

And then I realized—I had some favorites. Yep, some of the agents really stuck out. Maybe it was something on their wishlist, twitter, or blog that caught my eye. Whatever the reason, I knew I had a few favorites that I would die to work with. So those went to the top of list. And to be honest, I have yet to query my top three. I’m still testing the query waters J

The Agent Hunt is REAL! It’s hard. And it’s the most important thing I’ll ever do to my manuscript. If I’m going to trust someone with my words, with the characters living in my book, then I want to make sure he/she loves them as much as I do!