oh, (bleep)

So I did that thing I never thought I would do. I am very, very neurotic about checking and double-checking everything before I send things out to agents, but this time, well, I got distracted and screwed up.

I got a full request from a very, very well-known, successful agent. Someone who doesn't request much, with whom I would love to work.

And then I sent her the version of the MS that didn't have the final proofreading done.

How did I do this? I have excuses, but they don't really matter. The issue is that the version I sent had a CRAPTON of typos in the second half (long story... editing with kids in the house is a bad idea.) They're just typos, but there are a lot of them. I only sent the full yesterday, and discovered the mistake today because I had another full request and checked the date on the file before I attached it.

So. Do I just vomit a few times and then let it go, or do I send an appropriately mortified email to the original agent asking if I can send the correct version?

Thanks, everyone. I think I'll email her this morning and ask if I can send the corrected one. I'd rather her think I'm a flake than a person who deliberately sends out work full of mistakes. I still don't entirely understand how I managed to do it in the first place, which isn't helping, either.

I got another full request late last night, so that takes the sting out of it a bit. It's just that this first agent reps two of my all-time absolute favorite authors, and I'm just sort of a wreck about the whole querying affair this time around.