Chapter 18 The Agent
The first agent offered representation in April. Her name was Simone, and she carried a formidable reputation among writers, being one of the rare agents Ellen trusted completely, which meant she was either brilliant or terrifying or quite possibly both. Her email arrived on a Tuesday morning, brief...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 Address on Morning Glory lane
2. Chapter 2 I Didn't Sleep
3. Chapter 3 In The Hallway
4. Chapter 4 My Journal
5. Chapter 5 Power Out
6. Chapter 6 The House
7. Chapter 7 No Class
8. Chapter 8 Appeal Letter
9. Chapter 9 The Team
10. Chapter 10 The KISS
11. Chapter 11 Aftermath Of The Kiss
12. Chapter 12 The Office
13. Chapter 13 Empty
14. Chapter 14 Vermont
15. Chapter 15 Novel
16. Chapter 16 New Year's Eve
17. Chapter 17 Memoir
18. Chapter 18 The Agent
19. Chapter 19 May
20. Chapter 20 Summer
21. Chapter 21 Senior Year
22. Chapter 22 My Book
23. Chapter 23 College Application
24. Chapter 24 The Morning After
25. Chapter 25 Sunday
26. Chapter 26 Tuesday
27. Chapter 27 Geometry
28. Chapter 28 Friday
29. Chapter 29 The Weight of Small Things
30. Chapter 30 What Leo Wrote
31. Chapter 31 Saturday Morning
32. Chapter 32 Dr Reyes
33. Chapter 33 By Monday
34. Chapter 34 The Invitation
35. Chapter 35 After Dinner
36. Chapter 36 The Thing About The Rain
37. Chapter 37 The Manuscript Again
38. Chapter 38 The Confrontation That Wasn't
39. Chapter 39 Advance Copies
40. Chapter 40 Before He Goes Back
41. Chapter 41 Senior Year, First Week
42. Chapter 42 Tessa, again.
43. Chapter 43 Peer workshop
44. Chapter 44 Copy Edits
45. Chapter 45 What Maisie Understands
46. Chapter 46 Diane's Call
47. Chapter 47 Leo's Essay. Published
48. Chapter 48 The Long Version, First Draft
49. Chapter 49 David in Columbus
50. Chapter 50 November: The Book Is Coming
51. Chapter 51 Celeste's Accounting
52. Chapter 52 The Creation Writing
53. Chapter 53 December, The Last Month Before
54. Chapter 54 Book Comes Out January
55. Chapter 55 Publication day
56. Chapter 56 The School Visit
57. Chapter 57 The School visit cont'd
58. Chapter 58 Valentine's Day
59. Chapter 59 Spring: College Applications
60. Chapter 60 Leo's Paper
61. Chapter 61 Graduation
62. Chapter 62 The Review That Mattered
63. Chapter 63 What The Summer Holds
64. Chapter 64 College Letters
65. Chapter 65 The Note in the Pocket
66. Chapter 66 Vermont, First Week
67. Chapter 67 Vermont, Settling in
68. Chapter 68 The Programme
69. Chapter 69 Leo's Graduate Programme Decision
70. Chapter 70 The Note, Opened
71. Chapter 71 Writing Together, Apart
72. Chapter 72 Diane's Second Call
73. Chapter 73 Celeste's Practice
74. Chapter 74 Andre Wins
75. Chapter 75 Thanksgiving
76. Chapter 76 Leo's Decision
77. Chapter 77 Christmas at Beckett House
78. Chapter 78 New Year
79. Chapter 79 New York
80. Chapter 80 Second Semester
81. Chapter 81 Novel takes Shape
82. Chapter 82 Leo's first Grad Seminar
83. Chapter 83 The Official Awards
84. Chapter 84 Maisie at Seven
85. Chapter 85 The Interview
86. Chapter 86 Celeste's Dragon Logo
87. Chapter 87 Leo and Marlowe: Same City
88. Chapter 88 Summer Again
89. Chapter 89 The Third book begins
90. Chapter 90 Andre Mentors Tobias
91. Chapter 91 The long version, final draft
92. Chapter 92 September Approaches
93. Chapter 93 Publication Day Two
94. Chapter 94 Leo Reads Again
95. Chapter 95 Leo Reads Again
96. Chapter 96 What Maisie Knows
97. Chapter 97 Celeste's First Client
98. Chapter 98 The review that mattered Two
99. Chapter 99 A Hundred Chapters
100. Chapter 100 The Kitchen table, again
101. Chapter 101 Chapter, revisited
102. Chapter 102 Vermont Winter
103. Chapter 103 The chain, continued
104. Chapter 104 Orbit, Tobias
105. Chapter 105 Orbit:Andrea
106. Chapter 106 Orbit, Maisie
107. Chapter 107 Orbit, Celeste
108. Chapter 108 Orbit, Leo
109. Chapter 109 Orbit, Marlowe
110. Chapter 110 The third book's first line
111. Chapter 111 The note in the third book
112. Chapter 112 The Direction
113. Chapter 113 Summer, Final
114. Chapter 114 What Gets Passed Forward
115. Chapter 115 The Kitchen Table
116. Chapter 116 The Last Sticky note
117. Chapter 117 Cheaper, the final time
118. Chapter 118 The chain's last visible link
119. Chapter 119 You Keep Going
120. Chapter 120 The first line of whatever comes next
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