Another Milestone

Forging a career in children's books is such a journey. Everyone takes a different path to get where they're going. Some people jog up the smoothly paved road, and others meander off onto little side trails. Whichever way you go, there are milestones along the way that help you mark your progress.

I've recently hit another milestone on my journey. I teamed up with a running partner when I signed on with Jamie Weiss Chilton of the Andrea Brown Literary Agency.

I'm extremely excited about this partnership. We seem to share the same vision of where my books and I might fit in the market. I can't tell you how thrilling that is!

I wanted to share a few resources I found really helpful on the agent hunt.

• http://www.agentquery.com/

• http://www.querytracker.net/

• http://verlakay.com/board/index.php

• http://www.writingforchildrenandteens.com/category/agents/

• http://www.guidetoliteraryagents.com/blog/CategoryView,category,Children's%20Writing.aspx

• http://anotherealm.com/prededitors/peala.htm

• http://asuen.wordpress.com/category/agents/

And since I loved reading how it worked for other people, here are the details:

8-28-08 - queried with link to four PBs

12-2-08 - phone call to discuss projects

12-2-08 - sent seven more PBs

1-12-08 - offer of representation!

 

Comments

[KarenP]

Congratulations Janee! It's so nice of you to share resources too.

(sweet bunnies)

[Janee]

Thanks Karen! I had to do some bunnies because I hear rumors that my lovely new agent is somewhat partial to them. ;-)

[roz]

Great news, Janee. Many congratulations!

[breadwig]

This made me so happy! Woo, yippa-dee-doolie, Hoo!

[Janee]

Thanks Roz!

And thanks, Bryan. Dude you always know JUST how to celebrate!

[Jannie]

Congrats janee! And thank you for sharing the "Timeline" too. Its interesting to see indeed. We'll be waiting for all your books to come out!!!

[Janee]

Thank you, Jannie!

And you're welcome for the timeline too. When I was going through the process, I found it very comforting to read how long it took people to go from query to offer. You can find an entire thread of these on Verla Kay's blueboards. You just need to register on the board to get to those threads.

[Christy]

Wonderful news!!! Congrats to you! :)

[Janee]

Thanks Christy! I hope all is well with you.