That's the spirit! Keep going!

THAT'S how you rock it! This will take time. It's a process for soldiers. It's why I call it the Query Wars.

An agent can take a long time to respond - I got a rejection yesterday, a month after submitting it. Keep going! No need to wait for this one's reply.

It's ok not to wait for a response?

Oh heck yes. You are querying, not making any commitment. I've still got 20-ish queries hanging out there.

It's good manners to drop them all a note someday when you do get representation, but it's fully expected that you are making the rounds.

Yayyyy! Then it's time to load the gumballs!

WOOO! That's why I use QueryTracker | Free Database of Literary Agents and Publishers. To keep organized on who I've queried and their eventual responses.

Am about to add a few other agent listing services too, so I can keep going. Welcome to the Query Wars, little on.

When you're submitting to publishers, you should pay attention to whether they allow multiple submissions of material. But for agents ... have at until someone says yes!

One caution about querying publishers - if you do get an agent one day, then they will not be able to approach that publisher with your novel, since you already did. I'm being very cautious about going there.

An agent may have a better foot in the door to them. But yeah... agents? QUERY MIGHTILY!

Big steps for a little one. Courage to you.

Brave? The little one and I know not this bravery of which you speak .

You don't always know what you have.

A princess with a clockwork key that has a rifle that shoots bubble-gum ... and has a horrendous deadly chocolate fetish?

I love you, Miss Writer.

I love all of you.

And we love you. And we love the little one. She may have a long road to walk, but she's got company on the journey.