a case of the Do-overs

The past weeks have been a little crazy at my casa. I've had to make some difficult choices--and not all weighing the good versus the bad.

Yesterday, I took my manuscript back from the publisher who had been looking at it for a month. :/
Why? You find yourself asking.
Well, for two reasons:
1) The publisher sent me a request for my business plan which he hoped would include a number on how many books I--myself--would buy. I wasn't happy with that request because it doesn't particularly make sense that we would rely in any way on my own personal piggy bank. So, even though I let the sucker stand for a few days, I started to get a bad feeling.
     I'm not saying the guy was a scammer--I'm sure he wasn't. I just wasn't excited about his communication skills. When I replied with my "business plan" and a rebuke of the possiblity of me buying bulk loads of my own work (not to mention, trying not to be horrified that he would ask me to help generate leads), he simply thanked me for my feedback without really upping my dashed confidence by giving me a play-by-play of his own abilities and what he would do for me.
     His blase attitude kind of set me off, so I yanked the script for something that felt better.

2) Now, being a smaller publishing house, the very things he was asking of me could have been norm for any other author on his bill, but I--having little experience in the twists and turns of the world of writing--am none the wiser. Which is not good.
    So I decided then and there that what I needed most was someone who would best help me make that decision. I need someone who knows what publishers are credible, and which will only put a mark on my fragile career as a novelist. Moreover, if a glossy contract every comes my way, I need someone who can help me best decipher it.
    That's right, I need an agent.

So, I did a bit of research and found a place in Denver that seems really cool with YA novels and the like. I revisited my first query and shined it into a pretty penny (with just a spit of my personality).

The good news is that I should hear back in 5-10 days on whether they want a section of my piece or if they pass. 


XFingers CrossedX


*Kayla*