Agents in the sights again.
It is time for another round of agent queries. I have two books ready, although Jessica's Trap is only 70,000 words so that's a non-starter for a first submission. Maybe I'll find a way to add 10,000 or so words without it looking like filler, or maybe it'll end up as an Ebook or novella. Maybe it'll just sit here till the end of time.
Samuel's Girl weighs in at a healthier 90,000 words and I can't mess around with it any more. I'm sure I must have weeded out every typo and every grammatical error by now. I must at last accept the terrible truth - It Is Finished!
I've been wondering when would be the best time of year to approach an agent and I have concluded that there isn't one. There are bad times - such as now - when every agent is thinking about the holiday and might not give their full attention to another pile of paper that lands on their desks. Weekends are bad, as are most holiday periods, because so many writers have day jobs. They'll tend to submit when they have time so there must be peaks during holidays and on Mondays. There are bad times. There is no 'best' time.
I have until the current festivities end to draft a new covering letter. The first week of the New Year should catch the agents in a better than usual mood, and most will be sober.
In the meantime, I need to set those traps in time for Wednesday night. I nearly caught him last year.
