Yes I’m still getting them!
I couldn’t believe it when I checked my email yesterday and saw the kind form reply apologizing for being a bit late (eight months!). Could that really have been only eight months ago! I feel like so much has happened since then.
How did I come so far in only eight months?
I learned how to query, how to process promising agent’s rejections, decided to self-publish, began a blog and website, and took on self-publishing. I can’t help but be proud of so much growth.
I reminisced about those hopeful replies and requests that I checked for every hour and had to laugh out loud when I saw it. It felt so wonderful not to care at all about it.
But what if this had been an interested agent’s reply at this point, what would I have done?
Right away I knew that this was the right direction for me to go in with this series and I would have politely turned down the agent at this point.
That doesn’t mean that I wouldn’t query a new novel in the future but this series is made for self-publishing. I agree with so many other self-publishers out there that you must evaluate each project’s needs and marketability on a case by case basis. But I am so excited by this process and love this adventure. I love the support from all the self-publisher’s blogs, forums, and my blog readers and I can’t wait to see my first proof, get my first positive review, hold that finished book in my hand, sell my first 100 copies, and get an email from an appreciative reader (I will frame that you know).
Yeah, I realize there are all the negatives to cope with also: the first negative review, slow sales, emails from disgruntled readers demanding refunds, but I’m going to focus on the reason why I’m expending all this energy to begin with–I have to get this story out and I just hope there are some that will enjoy all my hard work.
It really has been so much fun so far!
What about you? How has your writing/ querying/ publishing journey progressed so far and how do you feel about it?
laurenwaters 
It`s great that you are happy with your decision to self publish! That is all that matters.
After a lot of thinking (And two plus years of querying agents with only one request), I have decided to self publish as well. I just need to find a good editor.
I honestly feel relieved that my writing career is no longer dependent on an agent/publisher. Very relieved. 🙂
I’m so glad that we have that choice and I have an EXCELLENT editor for you! She is amazing and very reasonable just email me privately if you want her name. Imagine that not too long ago no-agent meant no-options? If you have any other questions feel free to ask!