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Hello!

I’ll be real with you, finding an agent is a rough process. You’re going to have to dig. Google is your friend, but the links below might help you out with narrowing your search. Overall, you’re going to want an agent who fits well with you and actually likes your genre. Most of them are pretty candid about what they want and/or like so hopefully you won’t have to guess if they’ll be into your book. 

MSWishlist where you can see if there are any agents who might be looking for what you have. 

There’s also AgentQuery.com and QueryTracker.net to help narrow down your search. 

If/When you find one, make sure to follow their submission guidelines to a T or they’ll either get annoyed or just throw your query out completely without looking at it. This Article is from Jane Friedman, who has 20 years of experience in the publishing industry. The linked article goes further into the process of finding an agent, sending out query letters and what you should expect from an agent. It’s also where I found the links above. I poked around her website a bit and she has a lot of resources for publishing, so definitely check it out. 

Hope this was helpful!

If you’ve been toying around with the idea of finishing your own original work, you should definitely do it. I’ve been on slush pile work and 90% of the fanfiction I’ve read is better than what comes into our submission box. You’d be horrified at what some people think is publishable.

Finish your novel. Submit it. You’re way better than you think, and you have a higher chance of being published than you fear. Especially at a place like Riptide or Dreamspinner, where they WANT your lgbtq stories.

Seriously. Stop doubting yourself and finish up that nanowrimo project. Dust off your half finished drafts. Finish your work, polish it up, and send it in. Trust me. Publishers want to see it.

Sincerely,