Sunday, February 05, 2006

Next Up

So now I'm agent hunting. A brilliant place to start is here http://www.agentquery.com I use it all the time, lots of great info on that site.

Half of me can't wait to query, the other half is sick with nerves. I always think I'm going to make some huge pathetic blunder on my letter, such as forgetting to actually type a vital word (I've done that before - AND I read the flipping thing at least twenty times before printing and sending it off. Can I just say.... ARGH)

And let's not go to my weird aversion to the copy and paste function. I tried to copy some pages of my ms today and every time I hit paste what did I get? The blurb! Cue me having a hot flush and heart palpitations thinking I'd somehow buggered up my ms. I mean, the blurb? I couldn't get rid of it. It's still there, lurking in my paste function waiting to leap out at me when I least expect it. What I'd like to know is - where have my copied pages got to??

5 comments:

Amanda Ashby said...

It's not the cut and paste you have to worry about. What about all of those envelopes and stamps you have to buy once the requests start coming in????

Christina Phillips said...

*Fungers* crossed!

Sara Hantz said...

OMG don't mention the envelopes............. come on Christina, out of that dark corner. The envelopes are very friendly and the stamps won't bite you they've all been neutered I promise...

And hopefully most of the requests will be email, which may involve some C&P but we'll talk you through it. And as for that missing word, well if there's only one then you're doing very well indeed!!!

Sharon J said...

You're so brave. I don't know whether I'll ever be able to type THE END at the end of my novel because it seems so final. But then I suppose it has to be final one day. Whoa... it's scary just thinking about it! ~Sharon

Christina Phillips said...

Hi Sharon! It is scary typing THE END. For some reason my muse has gone into hiding and I'm still trying to remotivate myself into starting my next novel!