In this video, I walk you through exactly how I got my literary agent for my fantasy book—starting from the very first time I dipped my toes into querying. I talk about how I workshopped my query letter on PubTips, why that feedback was genuinely invaluable, and how it even forced me to rethink an entire subplot because the stakes just weren’t landing. I also share a very real (and slightly unhinged) truth: I kept tweaking my query constantly, and all my full requests came from different versions of that ever-evolving pitch. I also cover the weird timing and randomness of the process—like getting rejected by an agent, then having that same agent like my #QuestPit pitch on Twitter a few days later. From there, I explain how I revised my opening pages after early rejections, kept querying with updated chapters, and dealt with the long stretches of silence that make you question everything. And yes: my current agent’s full request landed a few hours before my birthday, which still feels like the best birthday gift ever. The big takeaway is that querying is a system you iterate on: improve the query, improve the pages, keep tracking submissions, and don’t assume one rejection means “never.” Momentum can change fast, and professionalism + responsiveness matter just as much as the yes.