I am afraid. Actually I am hopeful that I will have to eat my words. The best way to do that might be after making crow soup, if I just knew how. To make crow soup that is. Not eat my words.

Pinning a Tweet to See Who Agrees

About 6 weeks ago I wrote a post (Thanks, Mia for letting me guest here) – Why I Think Chasing a Literary Agent is a Waste of Time.

I pinned the post at Mia’s Twitter account – TooInWon.

So far, 99 people agree, 60 so much so that they retweeted the post and 8 replied.

Wasting Time Chasing Literary Agents

Last week a writer friend, Fan Wu, of FanWuWrites, invited me to attend a publishing conference for women. I am not a woman. I know that. Yeesh! But one of these days Mia will be. The more I learn now, the more I can teach her about her future, write? er, right?

Meeting Literary Agent Face to Face Makes a Difference

We met a partner of a local (to the Bay Area of Yes-I-Know-the-Way San Jose) literary agency. There were not a lot of writers present, nor were there a lot of agents. Getting an audience was easy. I just walked up and started talking. And, not paying $15 or $50 for a 5-minute pitch among 50 other soon-to-be-forgotten pitches.

Email Exchange with Literary Agent

Partner said, “Here’s my card. Email me and I will introduce you to the agent on our team that I think will be the best fit.”

“Um, okay. Been there, done that. But why not,” I thought.

I went home. Emailed her. Got a reply within minutes. Within a minute?

Email this person.

Emailed her. Laid down to take a nap, er, to read and think.

When I woke up, a reply was waiting. Within minutes. Within a minute?

“This is right up my alley, Bill. Give me a couple of weeks to catch up and I’ll get back to you. How many Twitter followers do you have again?”

Insert Words, Eat Crow

Finding Dory, Um, Encouragement with a Literary Agent

I am encouraged.

Nothing is nothing until it is something. But I am encouraged.  And looking for a recipe for crow soup.  And hoping I will have to eat it, too.