Laura Amy Schlitz Quotes

Getting an agent is hard, and I also think people rush to get an agent too soon.

Golf is a game of endless failure and frustration.

Nothing comes easily for me.

Having a literary agent makes a huge difference in submitting work. My agent has access and tremendous passion.

I had the easiest publishing experience in the entire world. I sent out fifteen courier letters to agents, got five no replies, nine rejections and one I want to see it. A month later I had an agent. Another month later I had a three book deal with Little Brown.

I just wanted to win on the road, honestly. I don't remember the road ever being this tough.

Of course I'd like to get beyond the concrete. But it's really difficult. Very difficult.

Turning a campaign around when you’re behind is like pushing a wet noodle up a hill with your nose.

Being a part of the practice squad was a tough year for me.

I know what it's like to be in a difficult situation, where the results do not come in.

Sometimes things don't come easy, and golf isn't an easy game.

For me, I didn't have anyone in the wrestling world... trying to get my foot in the door was virtually impossible.

My advice for finding a literary agent would be first, put your work out there as much as possible and hopefully someone will find you, because I still have literary agents writing to me after they find my site. You want someone who understands your work and is going to be your cheerleader from day one.

If you want to be traditionally published, then you most likely want to get a literary agent. To sign with an agent, you need to send them a query letter, but agents can get up to 20,000 query letters a year. With numbers like that, it helps to get in front of agents with every opportunity you have.

It's a long climb up Fools' Hill.

Getting the first draft finished is like pushing a peanut with your nose across a very dirty floor.

I've been beating my head all day long on the same six lines.

For almost two months now I've been struggling away with no result.

This isn't going to be easy," I grumbled as we headed toward the exit. Bones shrugged. "Nothing worthwhile ever is.

Not everything is about beating your head against the wall until it breaks.” “Just most things.

There were moments when it honestly seemed as if the world were conspiring against her.

Waiting is far more difficult than doing.

Sometimes you face difficulties not because you're doing something wrong, but because you're doing something right.