tx and good luck with that R& R! I hope I'm not confusing threads, so much to respond to...Hi Nova! I'm still here (and still offer-less)
Sorry to hear about the agent-parting, but congrats on the new agent!
if it makes you feel better... even if you make a mistake things can work out. on one offer I had a typo in query letter and called my book a "fiction novel". with another offer I called agent Mr. instead of Ms. in email (quickly wrote back with apology). it is good to avoid but sometimes things are overlooked! I reached a point (and read this recently) where: good enough for me and my life is what I aim for, not perfection.Yup, subjective is the name of the game. That may actually be my least favorite word in the English language right now, subjective!
Speaking of words, is there a word- maybe a long German one?- for the overwhelming sense of dread and horror that you feel when you hit the send button on a query and you're certain that you screwed SOMETHING up (agent's name/weird typo in the query that makes you appear completely incompetent as a writer/somehow your entire copy and pasted query got mixed up and you pasted a recipe for lentil loaf instead, etc), even though you checked it at least nineteen times and everything looks fine? That word needs to exist, because it features heavily in my life.
congrats! that is something indeed. all these things count~~So, this isn't nearly as cool as getting an agent...but I just got an email that a story I submitted to the Writer's of the Future contest for the 4th quarter round received an honorable mention. So that's kind of neat. I don't really know much about the contest and I submitted on a whim, but apparently I get a certificate? Lmao.
good writing everyone. yeah, once I finally go on sub will feel good to move to next step, but not there yet.