Why I Don't Have An Agent
I've actually had several agents over the years. The first one helped me a lot with the book I was writing at the time (which finally got published by a New York publisher submitted over the transom). I actually met him, my sis and I went to his home office several times and he'd go over a chapter or two and give me some suggestions. Frankly, I thought he had a crush on my sister because he always gave her a big hug when we arrived and left. He never sold anything for me but he did go and speak with the writer's group I belonged to at the time. The next agent was someone who was striving to be an agent and lived nearby. Actually she taught me a lot, but she never sold anything. I had a couple of other agents who tried, but didn't manage to sell anything--and I was turned down by a few others. At a wonderful writers' conference I had a one-on-one with a rather successful agent who took on my Deputy Tempe Crabtree mysteries. I kept on writing them and sending them to ...