![]() ![]() Which effectively meant I was out of contract, out of books to sell, and back to square one in terms of representation. But sadly squared, by the time I delivered that book, my UK agent had left the business. Since the German deal was for two books, the third novel I wrote was the sequel. It did, however, sell into the German market in early 2017 (you can find the full story of how that wonderful weirdness happened here). Sadly, while Stranded got very close to finding a UK publisher, it ultimately didn’t sell in English. Good enough to land me my first agent - at LBA books in the UK. ![]() After spending a year and a half learning how to write, edit, workshop, and revise a book properly, this novel turned out pretty good. ![]() My second novel, Stranded, did a little better. Back then, I didn’t really know how to objectively evaluate my work, so it’s safe to say that book was a raging trash fire and we should never speak of it again (seriously, don’t bring it up that’s how spontaneous human combustion happens). My first novel, a YA epic (fail) fantasy was written over two years and sent out to exactly two people. Some of you may have seen my announcement about signing with Andrea Morrison at Writers House, so for those wondering how I managed to bamboozle that, here’s the story of HOW I GOT MY AGENT. ![]()
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