Hi Leigh! I was hoping that you could maybe share your story of how you got your agent and what your query process was like? Maybe even post your query letter~? Or not. It's cool if not. But. if SO, that would be awesome.

Okay, I’m going to link to a post I wrote about landing Jo as my agent that includes a few querying tips, but first I want to share this little bit from an interview I did over at SerendipityReviews:

I’m always wary of answering this type of question because I don’t want people who are out there in the trenches to get discouraged if they don’t get snapped up right away. I got an agent quickly, but I also got very lucky. I queried the right person at the right time in a very hot market. Yes, I wrote the best book I could, I did my research, I agonized over my pitch. But you can do all of that and the timing can still be wrong. If things move slowly, try not to beat yourself up. Query in small batches so that if you don’t get the response you want, you can go out to other people with a modified pitch. It’s great if lightning strikes, but it isn’t some kind of judgment on your work if it takes a little longer for your book to find the right home. Okay, pep talk over.

Now here’s the link to my post at Literary Rambles.

As for the query letter… oh good gravy, it’s soooo embarrassing. I’ll have to work up to that one. But, yes, I’ll put it up at some point.