It has taken me twenty years to write my fantasy trilogy, and it is just about ready to hand over to an agent. Twenty years of joy, of tears, of exhilaration and desperation. I have put my all into those books and seen them through countless visions and revisions. I have sown my everything across the page, and now it is time to reap.
I am terrified of what comes next. By all accounts, I am in for a slew of rejections that will tear me down and make me want to give up on my books altogether. But I am determined to persevere. After twenty years, I owe it to myself. I owe it to my books, my characters, and my daydreams. It is time for my voice to be heard.
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Happy reading,
Sibyl