Partial sent.

Partial what? What are you talking about? Have you gone insane? Finish your sentence, man!

Partial manuscript sent. And a synopsis. This is make or break time. Now I find out if I can cut the mustard. If my prospective agent likes what they read, they'll ask for a full manuscript. That would be a very good sign. But for now, we'll see.

Writing a novel synopsis, I found, is very hard. You need to achieve a delicate balance between brevity and completeness. You can't drone on and on about all the little details in your story. You have to keep it as briefe as possible (agents are people with time they don't want burgled), while relaying all of the important events and character descriptions. But the hardest part, by far, is revealing the ending. You must resist the urge to wow them with your irresistible cliffhangar, suck it up and spill the beans. Agents don't want to waste their time wading through your crap, just to find a crappier ending.

So it's all sent, synopsis and first 40 or so pages. The brickshitting will commence in a few days or so, when I know it's been received and under evaluation. Listen for the thud.