Ah, young love. We all experienced it, right? The gut-wrenching feeling when you're interested in a boy who doesn't know you exist. The hours you spend agonizing over the perfect outfit, knowing you may only have one chance to make the first impression. The sting of rejection when you realize he's not as interested in you as you are in him.
Luckily we eventually all grow out of that angst and move on....except for writers who are looking to be traditionally published.
Yeah, that's pretty much how it feels. Here's how it works for me: I research agents, trying to find the best fit for my work and for my personality. I want an agent who's interested in what I write as well as someone I think I could mesh with as a colleague. Once in a while I might even daydream about what it would be like to get the call or to work on revisions with someone who loves my book as much as I do.
Sounds familiar doesn't it? Kind of angsty? Kind of teenager-ish? That's the way it works for me.
Being a freelance journalist, I know writing is a business as well. It isn't just an emotional roller coaster of longing. Even though a guy was hot, if he was in major debt or was a total slacker he'd never make it past initial consideration. Same with an agent. I need someone who is dedicated to the business.
I've always been a girl who jumps in fully with my heart, but in the background there's always that analytical part of me buzzing, working out scenarios, trying to find the best path.
How about you? How do you approach your agent search?
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