Dealing with multiple submissions and requests??

I'm not an expert, but I believe you can query as much as you like. Also, unless the agent asks for 'exclusivity', you're free to submit requested material to another agent.

But don't take my word as gospel. I'm sure there are far more experienced writers/agents/editors on here who know the process much better than I do.

Good luck.

Unless the agent asks for an exclusive, you're free to query elsewhere. However, I think the polite thing to do if an agent has your mss, is to let them know that another agent has asked for the first 50 pages, and that you are sending the partial to them.

You can query as many agents as you want and no, you don't have to tell an agent another agent has requested your manuscript. They assume you are querying multiple agents and know you may receive multiple partial/full requests.

The only time you tell an agent is if you receive an offer of representation. Then you inform the other agents who have a partial/full.

You should probably read some of the sticky-notes on this site as well as some of the threads, so you have a better understanding of how the whole process works.

Yep, I totally agree with what dgrintalis has said. Most agents assume you're querying other agents.

When I was querying agents, I preferred to send out 5 or 6 at a time and then wait for the responses. That way, I could tweak my query or edit my manuscript based on any feedback I received.

Good luck!

PGaritas said:

I am trying to get an agent for my first novel (thriller) and I am very green to all of this. I sent out a few queries and was fortunate enough to get one agent who asked to see the mss. Two days later another agent asked to see the first 50 pps. Do I wait for the first one to respond before I send the 50 pps to the second?

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Agents can take a long time to read a full, so don't wait on them, and don't offer any of them an exclusive. Best just to record it on your spread sheet and then forget about it.

Nevertheless, if you want some sort of idea of how long an individual agent might take, querytracker.net has data on this.