an about face!

Uh oh. I'm changing gears again. Eeeeeps!

The book I have ready, I originally planned for Harlequin Romance, and as such wouldn't need an agent. Then I read, well, you should have an agent anyway even for category romance. So I thought, alright I'll go that route--maybe there are other category lines (in other companies) that I don't know about, plus it's always better to have someone to do the negotiation for you.

But I've just read some advice (by published Harlequin authors, or authors with agents) that is pushing me back in the other direction--to submit directly to Harlequin. They don't negotiate with unknown authors anyway, so you don't really need an agent. Plus if that's the only place to submit to, then the agent has nothing to do for you unless you've got another title ready to go. Which I don't.

Hmph!

So it's back to square one. Not that I've wasted my time, I still want an agent at some point. I'll finish up my agent listing.

Man, I've flip flopped back and forth on this a couple times. Time to commit! Move on!