10 Steps To Getting A Literary Agent

1. Finish the book

You will annoy everybody you query if your novel isn't finished. You want to be in the position where you can press "send" as soon as an agent requests the full. If a waitress in a restaurant reads you the specials and you ordered one, then she returned to your table to tell you it would be four weeks, how would you feel? Quite annoyed. I had full requests within hours of emailing. Be prepared!