Submission response times

Thanks Susan, lol, I'll try to be more patient.

Is it okay to query agents while waiting for their response to my query though? Or should I wait another month to see if they respond with interest?

Write4Life said:

Thanks Susan, lol, I'll try to be more patient.

Is it okay to query agents while waiting for their response to my query though? Or should I wait another month to see if they respond with interest?

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I'd keep querying agents. You could be waiting a long time to hear from Harl Teen, and that's time you could land an agent. I've been waiting nearly 4 months and I haven't stopped querying agents (although I'm querying a different book now!)

Thanks Erin, I've already started querying agents again. This time there's no turning back!

I just had a response from Samhain in exactly 2 weeks. That was nice.

Erin said:

Dorchester has had my REQUESTED sub for 2 years. I gave up on it a long time ago...

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Don't give up! They had my full for 3 years before sending me a personalized form rejection.

I'm in the midst of waiting to hear back from 2 editors who requested fulls and have received 7 rejections from agents since. I've got more agents I want to query, but do I mention to them that I've had the requests from editors?

You can if you like, but it's not necessary. Once you get an offer, of course you DO mention that, LOL.

I just received a "yes" response from BookStrand for a novella I sent them a little less than a month ago. I don't know if the quick response time is due to the shorter length of the work or the fact I've sold to them before. Not that I'm complaining, mind you.

My previous sale, also a novella, came about two months after submission. I don't (yet) know BookStrand's response time for full novels. Anyone?

One of my novels received a rejection from Samhain after about three months. That sounds about right.

Hope this helps.

Nocturne bounced my query with a two-week turnaround.

Yeah well. Back to the drawing board.

Pterofan said:

Nocturne bounced my query with a two-week turnaround.

Yeah well. Back to the drawing board.

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Ouch. Sorry about the rejection, but it's a *little* better than having your stuff out there for months before receiving a reply.

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Nocturne bounced my query with a two-week turnaround.

Yeah well. Back to the drawing board.

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I'm sorry to hear that. Are you speaking of HQ Nocturne? If so, you might find this thread interesting. Author Cindy Dees - (Silhouette Nocturne) gave great advice. It's on page 2 and 3.
http://community.eharlequin.com/forums/simply-series/catherines-mannly-men?page=1

I hope it helps.

Thanks. It was a paranormal. I wasn't sure if it was quite right for Nocturne, but decided to take the shot. All I lost was two weeks and some typing paper. I'll get over it.

I sent another story, a fantasy, to an e-zine. They held it for 2 YEARS with no response, then went out of business, still with no response. I learned about their folding on ralan.com. I'll take a two-week turnaround over two years of nail biting any day.