Amy Rennert Agency

I had read somewhere online that Amy Rennert preferred e-mail queries, so I sent her one regarding my novel on March 23. I had not received any response by the end of April, so I resent the e-mail query in case something had gone awry the first time ...

Now I've learned that, besides requesting queries by e-mail, Amy Rennert's submission guidelines state that the e-mail should include the first 10 pages of the manuscript in Word format. Ooops.:Smack:

Is there anything I can, or should, do now to redeem myself? I am assuming that the fact that I haven't received any response (either positive or negative) by now is related to the fact that I didn't follow her submission guidelines to the letter.

Or should I just assume that I blew my chances with this agent/agency, and avoid becoming a nuisance by moving on?

Not a nuisance?

gogoshire said:

Resend! Resend!

Don't NOT resend to her because you have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

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You know, you're right ... what was I thinking?

Oh, yes, now I remember -- I was afraid of becoming a nuisance. And somehow being blacklisted -- you know, like Ms. Rennert would remember me/my title and badmouth me over cocktails with other agents.

I realize now that there's A LOT more aspiring novelists can (and probably) do -- like multiple phone calls, rude e-mails, stalking, etc.

But ... does this also mean that ... one can & SHOULD query a second, different (but genre-appropriate) agent at the same agency if one gets rejected by the first agent? Would that make any sense? Or don't I have anything to lose, again?

Hmmm ....