I was at the stables when I saw her e-mail on my phone, but whipped off my answer with a happy yelp (not too loud, though, no need to spook the horses), telling her I’d send it as soon as I got home and that I was fine with the exclusive since I hadn’t yet sent the other agents my pages. In lightning turnaround time (the same afternoon) she asked for the full.
And besides, she has a rabbit – and nothing tops that! So I sent Kaylee my submission.
Of the 3 left, I was most intrigued by Kaylee Davis.We had already tweeted to each other and I knew I liked her sense of humor and the easy way we communicated. Of the 6 requesting mine, I knew 3 weren’t the right fit and didn’t even consider sending them my pages. And for the agents I didn’t already know, I researched them. I waited until the pitch madness had settled, curious to see not only who would request my pages, but also who else they requested pages from. Within an hour I had several hits asking for the first 25 pages and a synopsis. #pitmad YA sci-fi: Sleeping Beauty meets Avatar in a world that pits cyborgs against humans, and Prince Charming is the rebel leader I hadn’t planned on participating, even though I knew about it, but seeing the fun it was generating in my twitter feed, and knowing that agents like Kaylee were looking for cyborgs and other forms of YA sci-fi, I whipped out my pitch and posted it, in 140 characters or less. Agent Kaylee Davis was looking for cyborgs and had tweeted about it with a #MSWL hashtag (meaning ‘manuscript wish list’ where agents say what they are looking for on twitter-check it out if you haven’t already) and I kept seeing tweets with the hashtag #PitMad by my fellow writer friends (a special one-day event where writers can pitch their work to a whole bevy of agents). In our case (since this really is a partnership), it was a question of right place, right time, and being prepared.
But no matter how it happens, there is that moment when things just flow together. Some people meet in school, some at an event or through friends, some work at it and some fall into it.
Getting an agent is a lot like finding your life partner. Everything leading up to that tweet took several years to get just right… Of course, there was a lot of work both before and after that tweet… She Said / She Said: How I Got My Agent Can a writer find representation with a tweet? Sure! Today we are happy to share the story of how one writer and one agent found each other through Twitter.
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