Thanks for the welcome, folks. By way of introduction, I am a male in my sixties, with a professional background in advertising and public relations in Dallas, Texas. I have written a memoir (love letters from my father to my mother during WW2) which I self-published for my extended family.
Last fall I completed a 100k word novel that probably falls in the "cmmercial fiction" genre and started my query process in November. I generally looked for agencies that would accept some sample pages with the requisite query letter. To date -- 58 submissions -- 43 rejections -- 14 pending? -- and on July 02, 2007 a request from the Howard Morhaim Agency a full manuscript. Someone has suggested August in "downtime," they weren't kidding.
This is my first attempt at fiction, if you don't count ad copy or press releases. I am anxious to see how all this plays out.
