Revise & Resubmit Hell

[Undercover]

That's good you got something out of it, Mayqueen. Now you can send it knowing it's better. Keep trekking with it!

[Smiley0501]

Wow Undercover that does sound promising.

Mayqueen, go query that thing like the wind. You've got a better book and a stronger hook and I wanna see you sellll it Go go go!!

*twiddling my thumbs til I hear from the R&R agent*

How long did any of you guys hear back?

[mayqueen]

Problem is, I'm pretty much out of agents to query. I kept querying after I did the revisions and managed a request, but it didn't work out.

I heard back for the first R&R request in something like 5 days. I got the second request in two and a half weeks. The final rejection took six weeks. It was an agonizing six weeks.

You just have to remember that you did the absolute best work you could do. Working on something new (and querying while waiting!) really helped me get over the agony of waiting.

[thelittleprince]

Okay I have to join this thread, because I'm going insane with the waiting.

I submitted to a publisher (I don't have an agent) and got a not very detailed R&R. So I took my time before I sent it back. I didn't have big expectations - I didn't even really know what it meant to get an R&R, I'm such a newb - and after more than 2 months of silence I figured it had probably been rejected.

But a couple of weeks ago the publisher contacted me and said she loved it! Now she is showing it to god knows who, and I am chewing all my fingernails off and my heart skips a little every time I see I have an email. The waiting is SO painful

[Bushrat]

Originally Posted by thelittleprince

But a couple of weeks ago the publisher contacted me and said she loved it! Now she is showing it to god knows who, and I am chewing all my fingernails off and my heart skips a little every time I see I have an email. The waiting is SO painful

Oh, I know! I wish a medically induced coma would be available until the answers are in
I'm chewing with you (my own nails, though!) - just sent my revised thriller off to my agent, and now it's wait and see how the publisher likes it.

Do you have another manuscript to work on? That helps somewhat, I find.

[thelittleprince]

Originally Posted by Bushrat

Oh, I know! I wish a medically induced coma would be available until the answers are in
I'm chewing with you (my own nails, though!) - just sent my revised thriller off to my agent, and now it's wait and see how the publisher likes it.

Do you have another manuscript to work on? That helps somewhat, I find.

I am unfortunately incredibly time poor at the moment, so finding writing time is difficult

We are in the same game, then! I just want to know one way or another!!! Sending good vibes to the publisher with your thriller in his/her hands

[Bushrat]

Maybe you can brainstorm a new plot if there's not enough spare time for writing?

Just found out that the publisher's department head is off on a two-week holiday - left the day I sent off my manuscript. *sigh*

[thelittleprince]

Aaaargh, I feel your pain, Bushrat.

And my R&R just got accepted for publication! So there is hope, everyone

[Katrina S. Forest]

I'm going to check in here just because. I've got an R&R that went out in October. Consoled myself with some ice cream on its six-month anniversary a few weeks ago. I've made one polite nudge at the three-month mark, but I haven't nudged since then. I've been trying to work on my new ms and put it out of my mind.

On the lighter side, I've found a creative way to keep track of the wait: pounds the new baby has gained since I submitted. ^_^

[Smiley0501]

I nudged at the end of April (4 months mark). Now we twiddle thumbs...

Katrina, I am glad I'm not alone on the R&R silence. I felt like I was very alone bc everyone I knew heard right away!

[EMaree]

How are we doing, revisers? I'm waiting for the second round of revision notes from my agent, so I thought I'd check in back here and say hi.