What an Agent Said, When I Took a Chance

I completed a draft of Lonely Dove. It is the story of a Colombian-born Indian woman who gets a vision of her soulmate days after her 41st birthday. She doesn’t know who it is yet believes it is the key to her happiness. As she gets more visions, she learns that she will not learn who her soulmate is until she heals from her past relationships.

It is the fourth version of the book, but the best one I have written so far. I am still taking it through another round of revisions with the Writing Gym. I am working on writing the best version I can. The book is about Anji who is on a quest to find her soulmate.

My next step, after finishing the manuscript, is to find an agent to present my book to publishing houses. I saw that Writer’s Digest was offering a workshop where agents reviewed our pitch, including a query letter, synopsis, and the first 10 pages of the book.

A gut feeling told me to take a chance. My head told me I wasn’t ready, and my heart won, telling me to do it anyway.

The agent who reviewed my material said that my synopsis needed work. It was too soulmate heavy. Yet, when she read the first couple chapters of the book, she said:

“Very nice sample. As you can see from a lack of edits, this really works. The writing has a beautiful literary touch. Your word…