Literary agent. Offers. First refusal. Revision. Contracts. Murder. These are all words that could describe my journey to signing with an agent. (Except for that last one. I was just joking. Or was I?) Readers of the blog might remember that I signed with Amber Caraveo of Skylark Literary back on December 16. But like all stories, it doesn’t actually begin there. When most writers decide to go the route of traditional publishing, they start by querying literary agents. They send out a juicy story blurb, tantalizing first chapters, maybe a sexy synopsis (two words you never thought you’d see together)....