I am sooooo excited!!! I had sent in my manuscipt to the agent and got an automated reply saying that it would take from 1-2 months to hear back. Well, I heard back from them a few weeks later! The agent loved my writing voice, timing, characters, setting, and various other things. She also said that my age surprised her, but in a good way. She told me that she reads over 100 manuscripts a month and said that i write as well as-if not better-than many of the older authors. She gave me various other praises, but said my vampire theme is a deal breaker, yet proposed a change that could work. I like the change (and had secretly been worried of the twilightly-ness of my book), so I am considering the change. Which means, maybe, I can hook this agent. Yay!!!!
Yay!!!!
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Congrats! I'm a teen too so it's nice to see that we can have success at a young age. There was this thing on Jessica Sinsheimers blog about how she was reading a manuscript by a 16 year old and said 25 pages in, she was loving the voice. It just gives me some hope, you know?
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I think you're going to have to change your user name. Maybe to something like "Great Writer." 
Congrats!
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Congrats!
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Congrats, new.
I'm going to port this over to goals and accomplishments where even more people can celebrate with you.
I'm going to port this over to goals and accomplishments where even more people can celebrate with you.
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Bloody hell, that's fantastic!
My 16 year old self is quite jealous. But she's 17 years in the past, so well done you.
My 16 year old self is quite jealous. But she's 17 years in the past, so well done you.
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