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The Long Wait Thread (For Literary Agents, Publishers, etc)

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Richelle Mead:
Good luck with the wait!  I know how nerve-wracking it can be.  In my opinion (which is all it is!), I'd start sending out other queries too.  First, it'll give you something to do to pass the time. :)  Also, if the Maass Agency is your first choice, and another agent makes an offer before they get back to you, you can then go to MA and say, "Hey, I have an outstanding query with you and just received an offer..." etc.  It'll make them move to read yours and expedite things.

And yeah, the amount agents and editors have to read is staggering.  Those people do not get breaks.  When I ask my agent to check over things in a manuscript for me, I'll get crazy responses like, "Well, I was reading right up until the curtain went down at this Broadway show I was at..."  Every spare moment is reading.

Willowhugger:

--- Quote from: resurrectedwarrior on January 14, 2007, 02:22:02 AM ---So . . . did you query Jennifer Jackson or Donald Maass?

Just curious. : o )

--- End quote ---

I just sent it directly to the agency as opposed to Jennifer directly as I didn't think that specifying it would be a necessarily good idea.  I figured anyone who would read it at the agency would be good even if I imagine that Jennifer would have been the best choice therein.

It's been a few weeks at this point so I suppose I should expect my answer of whether or not they're interested to come back anytime now.

Willowhugger:
Oh well, I just got my first rejection notice.

Donald Maas was kind enough to respond by e-mail and say that it just wasn't quick enough at the start.

Now to seek someone else.

CynDe:
I am waiting for a response from the agent I really want right now. She asked for a full submission, and I e-mailed it to her 6 weeks ago. Now I am paranoid that the e-mail didn't go through, or that something went wrong, or...the mind boggles!
 :P

blgarver:
I've played the waiting game with my short story.  I submitted it to two or three places, and it was like a month or more before any of them got back to me.

All rejections of course, but it was awesome to get any response at all.

I did pretty well keeping myself busy.  It was nagging me, that anticipation, but I busied myself with working on my novel, so it took the edge off.  And now I'm almost finished with that novel, so I guess it's about time to play the waiting game again.

But I already have a short story planned after this novel, so I'll have something to do.  But I have to imagine that waiting to hear back from an agent about a novel submission and representation is a lot more nerve wracking than waiting to hear back from a mag or ezine about a short story.

So I've got some bullets to sweat in the near future, it seems.

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