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Hello everyone! Thank you Katie-Ellen Hazeldine for lighting a fire under me. I'm from Kent, WA, and am in the process of finding an agent. I have seven rejections so far! Yay, me!
 
Welcome to Litopia. I hope you love it here and find help, support and inspiration, as I did and still do.
 
Hello:) Yay you, and I've so far had 3, with I think, 3 more to come. When I get a rejection I re-read my send out parcel, see if I can strengthen it, then send out again so I'll always have the same number out at any one time.
 
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I wish I could count my agent rejections with mere fingers... You've a long way to go to match my levels of non-success in that process :)
 
Yeah, I know I have a long way to go. It's educational, way I see it. Honing the query and synopsis has become a daily ritual. I have 28 queries out and I'm thinking I'm going to add a couple more chapters...a new 1 and 2. Back to the drawing board. Good luck out there!
 
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