I Will Land An Agent Once and For All...Within Thirty Days

Lyxdeslic · Mar 2, 2012

(...That, or I'll be back here in thirty days tail tucked.)

You hear me universe? I'm throwing it out there, coming at this full tilt, now let's work together on this one.

Not really sure how anyone should go about replying to this. But figured what better way to throw down the gauntlet before the universe than here, on the greatest writers' website known to man.

Lyx

Lyxdeslic · Mar 2, 2012

Mission: Chris Cornell.

For extra measure.

Lyx
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTxqbt-tr1s

Devil Ledbetter · Mar 2, 2012

Good luck, brother.

The universe continues to snicker at all of my plans and schemes.

thothguard51 · Mar 2, 2012

Good luck and keep the confidence up...

Lyxdeslic · Mar 2, 2012

@ DL: thanks, sista. If, ahem, I mean WHEN this happens, know I couldn't have accomplished this feat without the selfless help of such a brilliant crit partner.

@ tg51: 'Preciate it. I fully intend on slaying this self-imposed challenge.

@ whichever mod moved this thread: thanks. Wasn't sure where to post something so self-indulgent.

Lyx

JJ~ · Mar 2, 2012

Good luck - I sent one query a day for 30 days straight. Diligence, diligence. It really got my ass in gear.

Snowstorm · Mar 2, 2012

Sic 'em, Lyx!

Best wishes.

Siri Kirpal · Mar 2, 2012

Sat Nam! (Literally "Truth Name"--a Sikh greeting)

Best of luck!

Blessings,

Siri Kirpal

ladyleeona · Mar 2, 2012

go get 'em!
Looking forward to hearing good news.
(And I give you a 30 day loan on all the universe will-bending juju I've got.)

heyjude · Mar 3, 2012

Good luck, Lyx.

Tom from UK · Mar 3, 2012

Set achievable goals. Lots of agents take 30 days to reply. So unless you've already sent out the winning query, you've lost.

How about, 'I will query one agent a day for 30 days,' as suggested above. It's more realistic and more in your own control. (And there's no way I could do it. After a week I'd just sit in a little puddle of misery and die. And after I'd died I'd wonder if perhaps I should just have sent out half a dozen queries and waited for responses and then refined my query in SYW Query Hell and maybe treated the whole thing as a marathon and not a sprint. But that's a different thread.)

Good luck with it anyway.

kaitie · Mar 3, 2012

Good luck!

Mclesh · Mar 3, 2012

Best of luck to you in your quest! Now that you've publicly stated your intentions to the universe, surely it will come true.

Jehhillenberg · Mar 4, 2012

*fingers crossed* The universe has to be listening

Justin D Hill · Mar 4, 2012

Good luck!!

Marian Perera · Mar 4, 2012

Best of luck! I'll check back on this thread.

adagietto · Mar 4, 2012

Good luck!

Purple Rose · Mar 4, 2012

Good luck and please keep us posted!

Lyxdeslic · Mar 4, 2012

Thanks, everyone. I will absolutely report back, whether tail tucked or head held high. 'Preciate all the well wishes; they strengthen my resolve.

Tom from UK said:
...unless you've already sent out the winning query, you've lost.

...and then refined my query in SYW Query Hell and maybe treated the whole thing as a marathon and not a sprint. But that's a different thread.)

Good luck with it anyway.

Thank you. I'm approaching this more in the vein I've been running this marathon for years and NOW I'm sprinting toward the finish line.

As a realist, I wholly understand the portion of your post I snipped. I'd just better hope I've got something good, something that connects with the right person willing to go to battle for my words. I believe in the much recited formula that the road to getting published requires hard work, dedication, professionalism, resilience...with a dash of the magical ingredients: timing and luck.

This is my time.

Lyx--(FWIW, I'm not a complete bastard. I wanted to qualify that last line with "hopefully", but the universe would sense such a weakness and pounce.)

dolores haze · Mar 4, 2012

Best of luck, Lyx!

strawberryblondie · Mar 4, 2012

Good luck!

Phaeal · Mar 5, 2012

Tom from UK said:
Set achievable goals. Lots of agents take 30 days to reply. So unless you've already sent out the winning query, you've lost.

How about, 'I will query one agent a day for 30 days,' as suggested above. It's more realistic and more in your own control.

Bingo. You can't control what agents, or editors, or publishers, will do -- if your goal depends on them, you're setting yourself up for failure, especially with only thirty days allowed. This industry moves slooooooowly for all but a very very shiny few.

So, good luck, but don't be discouraged if you don't accomplish this goal. In my experience, it's not bursts of enthusiasm and hyperactivity that win the race, it's perseverence.

Lyxdeslic · Mar 30, 2012

Welp...21 queries sent. 14 form rejects. 1 50-pg partial. 6 no responses yet. Time to eat crow? Almost.

Don't get it; I'm doing everything right, according to the rules. Hemingway's out is looking wonderful these days.

Just kidding; don't even have a gun.

Don't get it, though. I just don't.

Lyx--who's ass is full of welts via the universe.

Sage · Mar 30, 2012

30 days is 1/3 the length of the average full request wait (1/6 of mine). Not to mention the time you have to wait on a query before that. It would have been very lucky to get an agent so fast. But it was an interesting goal

regdog · Mar 31, 2012

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