It took close to 100 query letters, 42 rejections (and several more ignores), 8 requests for the full manuscript, 7 more rejections in round two and one shady pseudo-agent, but I finally found a team that believes in my manuscript.
The contract is signed, the ink has dried and I am thrilled to announce the team at Word|Link has agreed to represent me and my modern noir novel Mother Of Pearl. The team of Dean Krystek and Dan Myers are not just agents, but authors themselves. I'm very excited to start this next phase of being a writer, the hopeful phase!
This is not the end of my work on this project, but just the beginning. It's all hands on deck to get this in the hands of the right publisher and build enough buzz to move some books.
Not a bad way to start 2014, no?