Few agents will recall your name after six months. Remember, you haven t been rejected until every agent has rejected you. And even then you can take another run at it. But first you must find the right agent to represent your manuscript. With rare exceptions, you won t get a publisher without an agent.
Publishers depend on agents to sniff out the next blockbuster.
An elephant s hide, an elegant turn of phrase, strategy, tactics and fortitude. Getting the agent can be more demanding of your endurance than writing the book. Agents do half the work for publishers, screening and often editing. You provide the inventory. Agents are inundated with queries.