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Message: <blockquote data-quote="yangnome" data-source="post: 3054958" data-attributes="member: 7413">Hello, I know this is off topic, but I want to share and figure people interested would be in this thread anyway:I thought I'd drop a line to share some exciting news. I went to a writer's conference today, which offered five minute pitch sessions with ageents. While there, I met with a couple different agents, all of whom were very interested in my novel.I had a pitch session with one agent who said the work sounded fresh and she hadn't heard of anything like it on the market--she asked me to send her 10 pages and a query. During lunch though, she and her partner sat at my table. Her partner started asking alot of questions about my book and asked if I had a sample with me. He read the first page or two of my novel and said "It's obvious that you can write well, forget the 10 pages, send in the full manuscript for an exclusive look." Needless to say, that made me pretty giddy. It's one thing to get compliments from friends and family, but to have a pro who has been in the business longer than I've been alive....I met with another agent--just in case the first doesn't pan out (not to mention practicing my pitch skills). She too was really interested in it. She asked for a partial, the first 50 pages. The sad thing is I'll have to send her an email this week and tell her another agency asked for an exclusive look. Oh well, if things don't work out with the first, at least I have an in with another.Needless to say, I'm floating on cloud 9. It is also getting me excited about this year's upcoming NaNo. Sorry for rambling so long, but I wanted to share it with people that would understand my excitement.If anyone is interested in reading this novel, let me know and I'll send a copy. I have until mid-October to submit my novel to the first agency--they'll be on vacation until then. I need to go through this thing and polish it. Any feedback would be more than welcome.</blockquote>

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