When I last left you I had just left the James River Writing Conference with a full head of steam.

I sent out an email to all seven agents who had my novel. I updated them on my wonderful Pitchapalooza news, commitment of a blurb from a New York Times Best Selling author, all the while not asking for an update.

What was the response? Silence. Yep, nothing. My insecurities rose and I began to stress.

Two days later I received an email from the agent at the conference who requested my manuscript—rejection. Crap! I told myself this wasn’t her type of book anyway, but my confidence was beginning to dwindle.

A day later I received this email from agent Jeff XXXXXX:

“So I’ve given this a look and was disappointed to find that the first 150 pages on my e-reader … Read More »