I agree with Jeff. If she has your ms give her a chance to read it. I signed with Jennifer about ten days ago. She'd had my ms since July. She was my number one choice, too. Just like Jeff, I'm extremely happy.
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I'm honored that Stephen Fraser requested my complete manuscript. It's with him now. My fingers are crossed.
equeried ms. dechiara 10/30, still awaiting reply
scubasteve: how long did it take for them to respond to your initial query?
scubasteve: how long did it take for them to respond to your initial query?
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Good luck with that, Scubasteve. I just mailed a partial to him today...
I sent my initial query, by the way, on October 31, didn't hear anything back, and re-queried on November 13 with my Gmail account (the initial went out with Yahoo). Apparently my query got lost, because Mr. Fraser didn't recognize it; he e-mailed me about an hour and a half after I sent my re-query to request the partial.
Bclement, their website says to requery them if you haven't heard back within two weeks. You might try that.
Thanks Krista G. I used a Gmail account, so I'm not sure what happened. I'll re-query today. Should I mention that I never received a response to my first one?
I would. Just in case she did receive it and hasn't gotten to it for one reason or another.
submitted to her and got my own query letter back with a hand written "Not for me thanks." Scrawled on it.
How should I feel about that? I mean Don't I rate a form letter? Are there multiple degrees of rejection and is this the lowest one?
How should I feel about that? I mean Don't I rate a form letter? Are there multiple degrees of rejection and is this the lowest one?
Don't worry too much about it. I think that's just how she does business. Back in February when she was snail mail queries only, I received my query back in my SASE with a note to send the partial scrawled in the corner of the paper.
Cheer up, maybe this means your query got past an assistant, in which case the hand-written note is BETTER than a form letter.
Don't worry too much about it. I think that's just how she does business. Back in February when she was snail mail queries only, I received my query back in my SASE with a note to send the partial scrawled in the corner of the paper.
Cheer up, maybe this means your query got past an assistant, in which case the hand-written note is BETTER than a form letter.
Ditto! And a handwritten note is better than no note at all...
I think agents may send your own query letter back to you to prove that they read it and are, in fact, requesting or rejecting your specific project. At least you know they didn't accidentally reject you when they meant to reject Joe Schmoe and his 210,000-word memoir
It's a rejection for me. Stephen seemed like he'd be awesome to work with. He said mine was an "almost" and gave it a lot of consideration.
No month needed for mine I got my rejection yesterday, a slim five days after I mailed it. That makes the total turnaround time, from initial query to partial rejection, 19 days (although 13 of those were while my query was lost in cyberspace). At least he's speedy.
He said the voice seemed too old for young adult, which is interesting, since another agent rejected it because the voice seemed too young. Sigh.
I got my rejection yesterday, a slim five days after I mailed it. That makes the total turnaround time, from initial query to partial rejection, 19 days (although 13 of those were while my query was lost in cyberspace). At least he's speedy.He said the voice seemed too old for young adult, which is interesting, since another agent rejected it because the voice seemed too young. Sigh.
I see from their web site that this agency now accepts only email queries.
They don't say how much material to send.
I was thinking of sending a short synopsis and 3 chapters (26 pages).
Is that enough/too much?
I googled the agency and found an interesting interview with Jenny. She likes loglines and short (one para) synopses!
Also, I hear that they've taken on a new agent: Dorothy Spencer. I'd like to send my query to her, but her email address in not listed on the web site.
They don't say how much material to send.
I was thinking of sending a short synopsis and 3 chapters (26 pages).
Is that enough/too much?
I googled the agency and found an interesting interview with Jenny. She likes loglines and short (one para) synopses!
Also, I hear that they've taken on a new agent: Dorothy Spencer. I'd like to send my query to her, but her email address in not listed on the web site.
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I queried Jennifer on 10/23 and she rejected me 10/29 (this was a resend of an earlier query with no response).