Time b/n acquiring agent and submission?

rachel.moore.hawkins · Mar 27, 2008

I've had my agent for about a month now, and we're gearing up for submission next week. She said that she wants to "clear the decks" before submitting, which sounds good to me, since A) she's busy, you know, selling things

and B) it sounds like she wants to give it as much of her attention as she can. However, the anticipation is making me slightly nutty, ha ha! I was just wondering if any of you other agented writers could tell me how long y'all went between snagging that agent and actually getting your ms out into the world.

lkp · Mar 27, 2008

Oh, a long time! She offered representation last September, we did a couple more rounds of revision, then it was too close to Xmas/T-giving so she just sent it to a couple of people. She did a big submission in the middle of January, and I've just finished another revision based on comments in rejections and she plans to do another big submission soon.
So yes, it can take a while.

Calla Lily · Mar 27, 2008

About 2 months. Revisions and such.

Susan B · Mar 28, 2008

Same here. Two months, after some revisions.

Good luck!

MKL1025 · Mar 28, 2008

About a month. Signed in late May, MS on submission in late June.

We only did a few small revisions.

LC030308 · Mar 28, 2008

obtained representation in December, revisions completed end of Jan, Submissions at the end of Feb. Waiting as of now...

rachel.moore.hawkins · Mar 29, 2008

Thanks, y'all! Like I said, I'm just being weird and antsy. It's also not helping that, oh, EVERYONE in my family seems to think, "Oh, gosh, well, you got an agent, you should sell the book, like what? A week later?"

I KNEW I wasn't crazy in thinking it takes awhile.

triceretops · Mar 29, 2008

About three weeks to a month.

Tri

Prevostprincess · Mar 29, 2008

I got my agent toward the end of July and she did not want to submit in August (she said a lot of editors are out of town), so waited until after Labor Day. We didn't really have much in the way of revisions to do, so it was just waiting for the sake of... waiting.

mysterygrl · Mar 29, 2008

My former agent requested revisions before I signed with her. When I accepted her offer, she started submitting the ms right away.

Time b/n acquiring agent and submission?

rachel.moore.hawkins

lkp

Calla Lily

On hiatus

Susan B

Accordion Dreams

MKL1025

LC030308

rachel.moore.hawkins

triceretops

Prevostprincess

mysterygrl