YOU GUYS, I have an agent!

Like most things in my life, it happened rather awkwardly. I like to think that perhaps I’m charming-awkward, but I’m fairly certain I fall into the it’s-a-little-embarrassing-to-watch-you category of awkward.
In total, I sent out 34 queries. I had some partial and full requests, but no bites. And yes, I’m a real slowpoke when it comes to querying.

And then I heard from Laura Lam (author of Pantomime) that her agent, Juliet Mushens, was looking for epic fantasy. Everything I’d read about Juliet...