Requests!
At the RT Convention, I was lucky enough not only to place 2nd in the Idol Author Contest, but my historical novel received four requests from editors (one of which already read the first 30 pages! Cue fainting episode), and five requests from agents. Two of the agents being Louise Fury and Nicole Risciniti who read my first 30 pages in the Idol Author Contest and offered representation! Having had an agent before (for a different book) and been through the whole process of revising and subbing to editors, I know how long the road ahead is. But it's wonderful to be traveling it again and with a project that feels like it could be 'the one'.