I'm still awaiting a response on my full from Catherine Drayton that I sent in early August. But I just checked PM and see she's been involved in five deals (!!) over the past week. So she's been busy!
finally heard back from catherine drayton on my YA urban fantasy - rejection. here's the timeline of events:
equery - 7/29/10
partial request - 8/5/10
full request - 8/8/10
full rejection - 10/8/10
Wow, no one with any bites/news on Inkwell since August?
Well my coauthor and I got a full request on a thriller from Kim Witherspoon a couple weeks ago, and we've tentatively got a phone meeting Friday with her. (We have an offer on the table from another agency and she knows that and had liked our opening chapters and wants to keep reading.) Fingers crossed!
I sent out to Inkwell in June and signed w/ them in August. They were slow to initially respond (2 months) then fast to read and make an offer once I emailed I had other interest elsewhere. Don't know what difference it would make to others querying InkWell, but I write voice-driven literary fiction.
Hi H Scar,
I'm querying on a voice-driven literary historical. I've looked at the Inkwell bios. and I can't tell who would be best to query. Do you have a suggestion?
Thanks,
Doc
Hey Doc,
I'd read the bios, send it along to who you think it'll match, and say something like, "if you feel this project might be a better fit for another agent at InkWell, then I'd certainly be grateful if you would pass it along."
I sent mine to a specific agent, but it went into the general inquiry pool and a reader (not an agent) snagged it from there and then sent it to an agent.
Thanks for the tip, H Scar. I'll give it a try. And best of success with your book!
Doc
Just queried Charlie Olsen. Yay! I'm wondering what his response time is like...
AQ page says: "Please note: despite what is stated on InkWell's website guidelines, Ms. Drayton manages her own submission emails and prefers to receive emails directly to her individual email address [catherine@]." There's also a Sept '10 deal listed, so it seems current. QT and the website list a 'submissions' address. Where have you folks been sending your queries?