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So, way back in July an agent requested a revision to my manuscript, saying that that if he liked the revisions, he would want to rep the book.
In mid-September, I sent the revised ms. to his office, attached to an email that asked for a confirmation of its receipt, because I was worried the attached ms. might get gobbled by the agency's spam filter, or whatever.
More than a week went by, and I did not get any sort of confirmation from the agent, so I decided to call to check if the email got to him. His assistant checked for me, assured me that the agent had it, and that the agent would get back to me "very soon."
(Needless to say, I felt very stupid for having nudged so quickly.)
Anyway, so it's been a month, and I haven't heard anything. Which wouldn't bother me, except that there have been wildfires in my area that caused power outages, all occurring while I was out of town. I would come home to all my clocks needing to be reset, and all the messages on my answering machine erased. This last is what is freaking me out, because the "very soon" that the assistant said to me makes me feel like maybe the agent called me, and left a message, and I don't know because it was erased!
Let me just add that all my communication with this agent so far has been over the phone. So I wasn't expecting to hear from him over email at all.
What do you guys think? Is four weeks too soon to send a status check on the submission, especially since I already bugged them with a confirmation phone call three weeks ago?
I'm just really anxious about him possibly having called me, and thinking I'm just ignoring him. I'm trying to weigh the risk of seeming like a pest with the risk of him thinking I'm an unprofessional twit who is just blowing him off -- especially with the holidays looming and all chance of my ms. getting a speedy(ish) review dwindling with every passing day.
So, way back in July an agent requested a revision to my manuscript, saying that that if he liked the revisions, he would want to rep the book.
In mid-September, I sent the revised ms. to his office, attached to an email that asked for a confirmation of its receipt, because I was worried the attached ms. might get gobbled by the agency's spam filter, or whatever.
More than a week went by, and I did not get any sort of confirmation from the agent, so I decided to call to check if the email got to him. His assistant checked for me, assured me that the agent had it, and that the agent would get back to me "very soon."
(Needless to say, I felt very stupid for having nudged so quickly.)
Anyway, so it's been a month, and I haven't heard anything. Which wouldn't bother me, except that there have been wildfires in my area that caused power outages, all occurring while I was out of town. I would come home to all my clocks needing to be reset, and all the messages on my answering machine erased. This last is what is freaking me out, because the "very soon" that the assistant said to me makes me feel like maybe the agent called me, and left a message, and I don't know because it was erased!
Let me just add that all my communication with this agent so far has been over the phone. So I wasn't expecting to hear from him over email at all.
What do you guys think? Is four weeks too soon to send a status check on the submission, especially since I already bugged them with a confirmation phone call three weeks ago?
I'm just really anxious about him possibly having called me, and thinking I'm just ignoring him. I'm trying to weigh the risk of seeming like a pest with the risk of him thinking I'm an unprofessional twit who is just blowing him off -- especially with the holidays looming and all chance of my ms. getting a speedy(ish) review dwindling with every passing day.
