Lou and David Sears

How does one find an agent?  That’s the question I’ve been pondering lately.  Many of the big publishing companies will not take unagented submissions from aspiring authors but how do you find an agent to handle your manuscripts – that is my quest as of late.  One agent I queried last year said she needed to “fall in love” with three stories from an author before she would represent the person – she “loved” two of the three I submitted to her.  She is the closest I’ve come to getting an agent.  I just sent out queries to two more agents this week – already received a reply from one of them.  They said they weren’t a good match for my manuscript – wish they would have said a little more so it would help me with the next submission.  I also submitted my bear story to an editor this week – gotta keep trying – right?!  So goes the writing life….