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Congrats, Aggy! And good luck!Received a full request today (2/13/13) from Jennifer Jackson.
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Here's a bit of a timeline:
June 23, 2012 - Pitched to Jennifer Udden at a conference, got partial requests for a fantasy novel and an erotic romance novel. (I had only intended to pitch one, but the session length was generous and she had heard me mention the e-rom so she asked about it.)
July 18, 2012 - Sent partials.
*time passes*
April 22, 2013 - Full request on e-rom. Had to email that it had been sold and published. (I did send a note to her back when the offer was made.)
April 23, 2013 - Full request for the fantasy. Sent full.
April 26, 2013 - Email request availability to set up a call.
May 1, 2013 - Offer of representation.
I accepted the offer. I am jazzed, excited, and a bit dazed.
And it just goes to show that sometimes things go slow, then ultra fast.
June 23, 2012 - Pitched to Jennifer Udden at a conference, got partial requests for a fantasy novel and an erotic romance novel. (I had only intended to pitch one, but the session length was generous and she had heard me mention the e-rom so she asked about it.)
July 18, 2012 - Sent partials.
*time passes*
April 22, 2013 - Full request on e-rom. Had to email that it had been sold and published. (I did send a note to her back when the offer was made.)
April 23, 2013 - Full request for the fantasy. Sent full.
April 26, 2013 - Email request availability to set up a call.
May 1, 2013 - Offer of representation.
I accepted the offer.
I am jazzed, excited, and a bit dazed. And it just goes to show that sometimes things go slow, then ultra fast.
Here's a bit of a timeline:
June 23, 2012 - Pitched to Jennifer Udden at a conference, got partial requests for a fantasy novel and an erotic romance novel. (I had only intended to pitch one, but the session length was generous and she had heard me mention the e-rom so she asked about it.)
July 18, 2012 - Sent partials.
*time passes*
April 22, 2013 - Full request on e-rom. Had to email that it had been sold and published. (I did send a note to her back when the offer was made.)
April 23, 2013 - Full request for the fantasy. Sent full.
April 26, 2013 - Email request availability to set up a call.
May 1, 2013 - Offer of representation.
I accepted the offer.
And it just goes to show that sometimes things go slow, then ultra fast.
That's so awesome, amergina! Congrats!!!
I received a rejection from Ms. Jackson last week. Does that mean I can't/shouldn't submit to Mr. Maass? I'm not sure if a no to one is a no to all at that agency. Opinions?
From what I've seen you can submit to more than one agent at this agency, just not all at the same time.
For those who like to track these things.
EQ: 12/4/12
Partial Request: 12/16/12
Full Request: 2/13/13
Rejection (with minimal feedback): 7/19/13
I had nudged on the full about three months after I sent it. (There was no acknowledgement of receipt, so I just sent a note to check and make sure she'd gotten it and asked if it was still under consideration.) She responded within a few days and was very friendly.
After the rejection, I asked if she would be interested in seeing the newly revised version (which I was about 1/3 of the way through when I got her rejection). After about four days I got a response, also friendly, but saying she really didn't think she was the right agent for the book.
Disappointing, but there you go.
EQ: 12/4/12
Partial Request: 12/16/12
Full Request: 2/13/13
Rejection (with minimal feedback): 7/19/13
I had nudged on the full about three months after I sent it. (There was no acknowledgement of receipt, so I just sent a note to check and make sure she'd gotten it and asked if it was still under consideration.) She responded within a few days and was very friendly.
After the rejection, I asked if she would be interested in seeing the newly revised version (which I was about 1/3 of the way through when I got her rejection). After about four days I got a response, also friendly, but saying she really didn't think she was the right agent for the book.
Disappointing, but there you go.
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Anyone deal with Katie Shea lately? I hear she's normally pretty quick with responses but I haven't heard back from her.
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OMG! He came out here to the Romance Writer's of New Zealand conference in ...I think it was 2004? Anyway doing his workshop was one of the most fun things I've ever done in my life. Huge congrats!
Not lately, but I've queried her twice in the past and she's generally fast. She's getting married next month, though, so I expect her times will be slower around now.
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Thanks! I just saw her page on Query Tracker, she responded yesterday to someone who sent their query around the same time I did, so I'm bracing myself!
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8 months and only a partial?
I'd pass.
I mean, it's good to get such a request, but if they can't get back to you within 3-5 months then they clearly are not going to do much for you.
On to my own question...
I have this ebook published by Donal Maass on getting an agent. In it, he pretty much says that new writers cannot succeed. He says that print is going the age of dinosaurs and ebooks are the future, and that because people are getting ebooks for free so much these days, all new authors should put their own work FOR FREE out there.
Clearly I do not fully agree with that insight. For him to even suggest this makes me wonder if having him as an agent is a good thing.
Has anyone...ANYONE...recently gotten a good paying publish deal through this agency? I'm not talking "opportunity". I'm asking if the guy has helped anyone make a living?
Have you checked out the clients he reps or used to rep? Because there seem to be plenty of folks doing quite well with his agency. (Elizabeth Bear, Jay Lake, Cory Doctorow, Jim Butcher)
Jennifer Jackson is a power in her own right, as are many other agents in the Maass agency. They have some serious industry cred. They wouldn't be in business unless some of their clients were making a living.
Now, I take exception to some of the more-commercial workshop themes Don has peddled over the years, but that is just me and my aversion to 'high-concept' lowest-common-denominator fiction in any genre. Nor can I see where he would ever be so dumb as to openly claim 1) new writers cannot succeed, or 2) all writers should offer their work for free. That's an idiotic business model, and pretty much the reverse of the things I've actually heard Don Maass talk about in recent industry interviews.
Free fiction does not equal a living wage. The honor system really doesn't work, in this business. The few writers who've gone on to commercially publish previously-free fiction have done it on the merits of their readership's willingness to buy professionally formatted and edited print or digital versions.
The only good thing free fiction does is possibly drive traffic to longer pieces of commercially published or self-published fiction. That's how I use it, as teasers.
Don Maass is not my agent. My agent knows him well, and I've met him at conventions. I queried him and Jennifer a few times before I found my agent, and always got prompt and professional responses.
So, which ebook are you talking about, and can you provide us with solidly-cited quotes? If it's true, there are some people at DMLA I'd like to email.
Now, I take exception to some of the more-commercial workshop themes Don has peddled over the years, but that is just me and my aversion to 'high-concept' lowest-common-denominator fiction in any genre. Nor can I see where he would ever be so dumb as to openly claim 1) new writers cannot succeed, or 2) all writers should offer their work for free. That's an idiotic business model, and pretty much the reverse of the things I've actually heard Don Maass talk about in recent industry interviews.
Free fiction does not equal a living wage. The honor system really doesn't work, in this business. The few writers who've gone on to commercially publish previously-free fiction have done it on the merits of their readership's willingness to buy professionally formatted and edited print or digital versions.
The only good thing free fiction does is possibly drive traffic to longer pieces of commercially published or self-published fiction. That's how I use it, as teasers.
Don Maass is not my agent. My agent knows him well, and I've met him at conventions. I queried him and Jennifer a few times before I found my agent, and always got prompt and professional responses.
So, which ebook are you talking about, and can you provide us with solidly-cited quotes? If it's true, there are some people at DMLA I'd like to email.
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Without having read the ebook you refer to I can only guess at what he's getting at but I expect he's referring to the glut of new authors out there. Offering your work for free is a good way of testing the waters and gauging the level of interest in what you write. Feedback from reviewers will also help. I doubt he's advocating that all authors all the time should simply give away everything they write. He'd be out of a job and so would every other agent.
Actually, since then, I received a full request, then an r&r request (with some wonderful, detailed notes). Sent the revised manuscript a couple months ago, now waiting on that response. Working on other projects in the meantime.
I agree with this.
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