Missed a phone call...

I know it's hard, but wait a bit. You left the voicemail yesterday and it's almost the weekend. You might not get a call again till Monday.

Make a note on your calendar to send a follow-up email on.. say.. Tuesday, if you haven't heard. Then a note to call again on Thursday or Friday if you've heard nothing.

But I'm hoping for you that you hear yet today.

Cause... squee! Exciting!

Breathe. Breathe... you can make it!

It's Monday, so things are probably hectic right now. If the agent doesn't call back by late tomorrow morning, I think it's perfectly acceptable to do a follow-up call in the early afternoon.

Agents always seem to move a little bit outside of real time. During the first phone call with my agent, he wanted me to send him a synopsis for the next two books and said he would call the following week. But it took about two and a half (weeks) for him to get back to me.

Patience is definitely a virtue I could use more of.

Hang in there! I know it's agony, but just think of it as practice for when you're out on submission!

Sending good thoughts.

It sounds promising! Crossing my fingers for you.

Honestly, I would advise waiting a few days longer than tomorrow, which would be only 3 working days after your return call, yes? Also, I'd recommend against calling again. I think you can safely assume the agent got your message and will call you when he has the block of time to give you focused attention. An email nudge would be better, maybe toward the end of the week if you still haven't heard anything, offering a brief, polite and gentle reminder that you're available to talk whenever the agent is ready.

Agents get so busy. One unplanned situation can eat a whole day or more that they'd planned to use for other things -- like calling new authors and offering rep. If he was excited enough to call you the first time, he'll call again, and if he doesn't, would that be the kind of agent you want anyway? If you let the agent contact you on his own terms, you'll see how responsive he is overall. And that will give you realistic expectations for your working relationship, which is a priceless thing to know going in.

Reading this thread is like waiting for a birth, especially the breathe breathe part.

I have to agree that you should e-mail with good times to call rather than calling. Of course, I may be typing this too late. Do let us know if it's a girl or a boy.

Hang in there! I second (and third) what some of the other posters have said about agents moving slowly. It is so hard not to keep a constant vigil by the phone when you are expecting a call like this, but try to distract yourself with other things as much as you can so that the time moves a little quicker.

LadyLex said:

Thanks for all the support. I may have good news tomorrow! Keeping fingers crossed.

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Fingers, toes and eyes crossed for you here!

Waiting is probably best - but oh good grief, do come back and put us all out of our misery. This is worse than the HV submissions thread!

Fingers crossed!

PS: You may find yourself being all incoherent and unimpressive on the phone. Agents get used to that, I think. Don't beat yourself up. (I'm not an agent, but I'd be surprised if I'm wrong about that.)

Well done, you!!

LadyLex said:

I just want to thank all of you for your support!!!!! My fingernails are gone, but I have an OFFER!!! So excited. I've already sent the nudge emails and I've heard back from another agent. So excited!!!

SQUEE!!!!

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Fantastic - congratulations!!!!

Whoa that's terrific! Now you have two agents on board.

Glad to hear such really great news!

Now go get a much-deserved manicure for those poor fingers! LOL

YAAAAAAAAAAAY!!

Yea!! Congratulations!

That's fantastic, LadyLex!! Congratulations!

Awesome news!

Thanks so much for sharing your story and the good news, LadyLex!