"All the world's a stage, and the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts."

- William Shakespeare

Monday, November 15, 2010

six weeks?!

I was just reading up on the few (ten) literary agencies I sent my query letter to and most of them say it will take up to six weeks before they get back to me.

Six weeks!

It'll practically be the new year before I find out whether or not anyone wants to represent my book. Represent, not publish. It'll take another few months for that ball to get rolling.

This is going to take longer than I thought.

I don't know if I'll be able to take all this waiting. I've only just mailed out the letters and I'm already losing sleep. As Sebastian the Crab would say, "my nerves are shot!"


What did I get myself into?

...Keep it real.

1 comment:

Fyodor Lewis said...

Hey you are taking the first steps! You should be proud. You aren't caught up with the creative questioning and hesitation like some of us (aka: moi). Remember, whatever happens every great writer went through their fair share of rejection letters and failures. Look at how long it took Tolkien to finish Lord of the Rings, or how long it took Rowling to get someone to publish Harry Potter... I'm not being helpful am I? I guess just be prepared for anything and don't give up!