Literary success, to me, would mean scoring serious novel contracts with major publishers—mainstream circulation in the higher five figures and upward, with international reach, including foreign language editions and screen rights sales. This definitely calls for agency representation, and I'm hoping my track record, built up since 2016 in the short story market, will open that particular door. I've dabbled in screenwriting for the last twenty years, too, and a cross-pollination of success between fields is always possible.