Just wondering if anyone's noticed any patterns here. I love the convenience (and cost) of emailing queries, but since there's no SASE involved, you run the risk of not hearing back at all in the case of rejections. Up until this past weekend, as someone with another full time job, I reserved Saturday mornings as my time to send out email queries...usually 1-2 a week.
Here's my thing. I wasn't getting too many responses. Part of me wonders if agents come in on Mondays with email inboxes so full, just to get through them, they give my query only a cursory look before moving onto the next. To test my theory, I still wrote up 3 email queries over the weekend, sent one, but saved the other two in my 'draft' folder. Right after lunch yesterday, I emailed the other two. I got a nice, polite, and encouraging rejection from one agency within 2 hours. The other rejection (smelled like a form letter, but still personalized in the greeting) came six hours later.
Yeap, both rejections, but I'd rather get them sooner rather than later. Anyone have any theories on 'timing' your email queries? Am I onto something?
Rob
Here's my thing. I wasn't getting too many responses. Part of me wonders if agents come in on Mondays with email inboxes so full, just to get through them, they give my query only a cursory look before moving onto the next. To test my theory, I still wrote up 3 email queries over the weekend, sent one, but saved the other two in my 'draft' folder. Right after lunch yesterday, I emailed the other two. I got a nice, polite, and encouraging rejection from one agency within 2 hours. The other rejection (smelled like a form letter, but still personalized in the greeting) came six hours later.
Yeap, both rejections, but I'd rather get them sooner rather than later. Anyone have any theories on 'timing' your email queries? Am I onto something?
Rob
