Works of Ren Wayland

It’s always hard to see someone get something you wanted. Especially on your birthday – mine is today (The big 3-4). And today I saw that an author I’ve been following for weeks on TikTok post that she is officially an agented author with an agent I’ve been waiting to hear back from – and will likely receive a closed/no reply from.

While I am so incredibly excited for another author from TikTok to get agented and one step closer to traditional publication, it’s bitter to sweet to see an agent that I really wanted to work with represent someone else when I did not even get a response.

Keep in mind, I know my query was premature, and I know that it is with an editor now to improve it for my next round of queries. I did this to myself and I should have been more patient and sought out more feedback. It is still bitter sweet.

But, I was given some great advice that said, “If you can’t be happy for one of your peers winning, maybe you’re not ready to win yet”. So I will congratulate my peer and will patiently await my turn.

Thank you for listening!

Ren Wayland