Impact Bingo
It felt like a chair lift to the top of a mountain I’d been preparing to summit with an arduous climb. I must have prayed for an hour before I sent the email. Otherwise lovely people often struggle to hide their surprise at learning I have a literary agent. I get it; I’m usually giving legal expert or soccer mom more than author. But yes, I write. Not just in my journal. “How’d you find your agent?” they ask. “I cold emailed him.” Eyebrows raise. “I know, I’m still shocked that it worked.” Here’s how it happened.