Was it difficult to find an agent who wanted to represent an author focusing on picture books?

One of those rejection letters was from my current agent, Natascha Morris, a year before she became my agent. Occasionally I got a personal rejection with bits of positivity, which I found really motivating. The dreaded questions: How many queries? How many rejections? But it was my GOLD membership in 12 x 12 that got me submitting to agents regularly. I scoured SCBWI’s The Book, just as I did when submitting to publishers. What kind of research did you do before submitting? I decided I really wanted an agent once I realized how much administrative work it was to submit to publishers and how many doors were closed to the un-agented. I sold a manuscript (BUT I DON’T EAT ANTS) to a publisher (POW! Kids Books) a few months into my first year of 12 x 12. But only about a year since I had started taking it more seriously. It had been six years since I wrote my first manuscript. How long had you been writing before seeking an agent, and what made you decide it was time to look for one? Now, Dan has an agent! It’s great to see your hard work pay off, Dan! Congrats! He checked in at the monthly check-ins and he took advantage of his GOLD membership and submitted to our featured agents. He took on the writing challenge and wrote 12 manuscripts in a year. From his first year as a member, Dan got involved. Dan Marvin is a perfect example of one of our 12 x 12 principles: You’ll get out of 12 x 12 what you put into 12 x 12.

But I Don't Eat Ants by Dan Marvin