Okay, I sent my Query, synopsis, and First chapter to Jodi Reamer on June 10, 2009. On the website it says it takes between 6-8 weeks for a response. Should I wait longer before requesting a status on it? I know she's probably slammed but I'm getting worried. Oh and does she send responses. I sent a SASE but I know some agents won't respond if they don't like it.
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She does respond...but it takes a long time. It took me about 12 weeks to get a request for a partial off of my query.
I sent mine sometime last November via snail mail with the SASE. Still haven't heard anything. I think it varies. Sometimes, even with the SASE, there is no response if the agent isn't interested.
hey, newbie here!! greetings 
i was just wondering if anyone is familiar with michael mejias. theres not that much info on him as an agent (i.e. email address) and i recently sent a partial to his assistant, sara cameron. how long does it take for him to respond? sorry for the bombardment heehee
i was just wondering if anyone is familiar with michael mejias. theres not that much info on him as an agent (i.e. email address) and i recently sent a partial to his assistant, sara cameron. how long does it take for him to respond? sorry for the bombardment heehee
Hmm. Not finding any sales reports on PM, but here's one book it looks like he had a hand in.
Nice interview with him here, FWIW: http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/74405
Nice interview with him here, FWIW: http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/74405
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I'm still waiting on Jodi Reamer as well. Sent query April 2nd. 17 weeks and counting...
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thanks for the interview and book btw
and yea, this wait is killing me. i feel like because the response is taking so long, it's probably not going to be a happy one. idk, maybe its all in my head
and yea, this wait is killing me. i feel like because the response is taking so long, it's probably not going to be a happy one. idk, maybe its all in my head
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Got my form reject letter from Jodi's assistant today. For those of you tracking...took about 17 weeks.
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Okay well I got my rejection letter today. It was a form letter but it was sort of personalized.
Me too! LOL....must have been an exodus of rejection! LOL
Yeah, but at least it was professional. I got another rejection from a different agent the same day. All he did was take my query letter. Handwrite. "THanks but no thanks." Circle it half a dozen times then send it back. Way not cool. I guess I should be glad he didn't want it. Wouldn't want him to represent me after that little show.
Ahh, okay. Well I requeried WH. Thought I'd go with a junior agent this time. Maya Rock? Does anyone know anything about her. Her blog says she'll respond in 2-3 weeks maybe less. Does anyone know if that's true? I've made MAJOR revisions on everything so I'm hoping this one will stick.
I queried Maya on March 30th and received an R on April 6th - so took about a week. Rejection read as follows:
Thanks for your query, but I'm sorry to say I'm not the right agent for your book. I wish you the best of luck in your search for representation.
Sincerely,
Maya Rock
I included a query letter and first couple of pages as a sample. Would have been nice to get some feedback on WHY Maya felt she wasn't the right agent or what she felt was lacking or wrong or whatever. But still, appreciated the speed of response!
Thanks for your query, but I'm sorry to say I'm not the right agent for your book. I wish you the best of luck in your search for representation.
Sincerely,
Maya Rock
I included a query letter and first couple of pages as a sample. Would have been nice to get some feedback on WHY Maya felt she wasn't the right agent or what she felt was lacking or wrong or whatever. But still, appreciated the speed of response!
You will find that very few agents bother to give you any pointers, guidance or feedback. It's unfortunately just the way it is. It's very rare if you do get anything other than a standard form rejection, no matter how nicely it's worded or not.
got back a rejection for my partial ...but the assistant was nice enough to write tons of notes along the sides of the manuscript. thinking about just re-editing and then sending it again to a different agent soon. is maya rock accepting equeries?
...but the assistant was nice enough to write tons of notes along the sides of the manuscript. thinking about just re-editing and then sending it again to a different agent soon. is maya rock accepting equeries?Has anyone heard back from their partials from Josh G? I'm in the same boat as the others were back in at least May. Josh requested my partial in March. It was a really nice email and said "6 weeks (hopefully)" and it's now been 5 months. I've nudged him a few times in the past. I don't know at what point I should take it as an R and query someone else at WH. It's so disappointing because he seemed so awesome!
got back a rejection for my partial
Yes she does, go to the website and click on her. It'll give her email addy. She only wants the query and First page of the manuscript though in the body of the email. I sent mine out a week or so ago, and am still waiting. Not that a week is a long time or anything, just thought you should know.
It's been 5 months since I first queried Maya and was rejected within the week. I've done a lot of rewriting of both my MS and my query letter (lol) and I've had a couple of agents request partials since then.
I was thinking of querying Daniel Lazar at Writer's House now - I know the general rule of thumb is that a rejection by one agent is essentially a rejection by the whole agency but given the length of time that has passed, the amount of changes, revisions and rewriting that has been done since then and the fact that Writer's House is a relatively big agency I thought it might be worth a shot!
What do you guys think? Just give up or give Daniel a go? Anyone got recent experience of querying him? Thanks!
I was thinking of querying Daniel Lazar at Writer's House now - I know the general rule of thumb is that a rejection by one agent is essentially a rejection by the whole agency but given the length of time that has passed, the amount of changes, revisions and rewriting that has been done since then and the fact that Writer's House is a relatively big agency I thought it might be worth a shot!
What do you guys think? Just give up or give Daniel a go? Anyone got recent experience of querying him? Thanks!
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Not for Writers House, or, if memory serves, Maass.
So yeah, you can now query another agent. You can't do *SIM* subs, but that's a different story.
Maass is a no means no for all.
But, be aware, that Lindsay Davis is an agent at WH but also seems to be Stephen Malk's assistant, so if you query her, then query him, she'll be the one answering. (I had an awkward situation from that)
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Are you sure? I've queried there twice with the same book, and received a positive response from the second agent.
I think they don't allow multiple queries, as in, don't query more than one agent at a time.
Of course, this was a while ago, so they may very well have changed on that point.