: Re: Publishing fiction: when do I start looking for an agent? I am just about finished with the first draft of a novel I've been working on. I've been writing novels for about ten years and I've

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No one WANTS to spend a year editing something and then get a mountain of rejection letters. But it's the people who tackle that head-on who tend to be successful, not the people who look for shortcuts around it. Believe me, I've spent more than enough of my own years looking for other ways to get there.

My best advice to you is to embrace the process. Instead of thinking of all this as the hoops you need jump through to get to your childhood dream, concentrate on creating the best --and best presented!-- work you can create. No matter how many drafts it takes to get there, or how many rejections it might potentially garner.

Let me be clear, this advice in no way matches my own inclinations. But I've observed successful people in the arts, and they are all process focused, not goal focused --committed to what they are creating rather than on getting to the finish line. Even a self-published book for a small audience should be the "best you" you can put out there. You'll be more proud of it that way.

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