What do a Literary Agent in South Jersey and a Law School in Rhode Island have in common?

...they are both named Roger Williams and they both accepted me. That is right folks, I was offered representation by Mr. Roger Williams of Publish or Perish Agency!

What does that mean?

No more query letters. No more sitting around and wondering if and when something is going to happen.

Here's the timeline:

I submitted to Roger on 23 August 2009 (a questionaire and the first 60 pages). On 14 September 2009 I received a request for the full manuscript (noted in the previous post). On 16 September 2009 Roger asked me to call him at my earliest convenience. I did so and was promptly offered representation.

The contract was sent shortly after we finished our first conversation and I took a few days to consider it and have a couple of qualified professionals (the bonus of being in law school with professors who like to see you putting what you've learned to good use)look over it. I signed and am now officially agented.

So what's next you ask? Well I begin working with the lovely Carlie, my editor to get the novel up to snuff. Then Roger sends out to publishers and fingers crossed, someone offers to buy the manuscript. So I will keep you all in the loop as this wild and wacky journey continues.