I realized over this weekend, while I chatted with a few of the awesome members of the Southern Utah/Idaho chapter of SCBWI, that there are like a million different ways to keep in touch with me. Ok, ok, fine, not quite a million, but a lot. And I thought it […]
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These are what we oh-so-technically call "pretty" shoes, for Sharon, who writes, "I have two agents considering my first novel, and in the meantime have discovered "a friend of a friend" has personal connections at several publishers in my genre. Having read my novel, the person has offered to approach her connections. This seems too good to pass up, yet, (1) I'm a bit nervous about navigating these waters without an agent, and (2) I'm concerned that if this results in rejections from editors it may hurt my chances of finding agent representation. Any advice?"