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I completed the fourth draft of Stuyvesant's Wall a few weeks ago, but I had to jump into agent research, how to write a query, and so on.

My first ever query went out, and a couple of hours later, my first ever rejection rolled in.  I was astonished how quickly it all happened.  There was no time whatsoever for me to brace for it - I half expected never to get a response.  The query itself took me a week to write, and I thought it was pretty good.  At least enough to get an agent curious.

It stings, I won't lie.

To work four years to get to this point, only to have your dreams dashed to bits by someone who only read a few paragraphs, hurts.  What was it?  What did I do wrong?  Do I bother asking?

An action plan is now in the works.  I need to identify and explore my weaknesses as a prospective author and try to address them.  More articles on the site will undoubtedly be one.

The road was never going to be easy, and I knew that, and I can't let the first bump rattle me.  Or maybe it woke me up.