A couple weeks ago, I got my first revision letter from Agent Ted. Some background on me--I am not afraid of revision. As a fast writer, I revise all the damn time. Plus, I've been writing long enough as a serious hobby, and as an English major, and as a lawyer, that hearing comments and suggestions from other people about my writing rarely bothers me. Sometimes, I even enjoy it. I'm sick that way. And before I signed with Agent Ted, he made it clear to me that he would be asking for some changes, and talked a little bit about what those were, because he didn't want me to be surprised. I appreciated his honesty, and, frankly, his suggestions were pretty good, even in the abridged pre-client version, so I wasn't too scared of getting the revision letter. But you never know, right? After all, Agent Ted is a Real Agent. He's sold Real Books. To Real Publishers. But when I actually got the revision letter, I was downright happy. Agent Ted didn't want to
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