You know that quote "80% of success is just showing up?" I feel writing is similar. Success is just doing it in the first place. In regards to that, I just read a great post by author Allison Winn Scotch about writing. Check it out here.
I think it's the same once you're done writing the book. After you're done, you have to do something with it, right? So I am! I'm not going to chronicle all of my queries and requests and rejections. That'll just be annoying. But I will state one bit of success I've had thus far. My query has made it to the second round of a contest judged by two agents. There are 25 finalists in total. Six will have requests for full manuscripts, and quite a few will get critiques and comments, or even partial requests. Honestly, while I'd love a request, I'm just really excited about the critiques. I'll know what I did right, did wrong, need to improve on. That way I can send a better more prepared query out next. It's a learning process, no?
Once the contest is closed, I'll link over to my entry. I'd love to know all of your opinions.