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After signing with my agent back in the fall of 2007 I was expecting things to move somewhat briskly, but it's now March and a grand total of jack-squat has happened to get my non-fiction book closer to publishing.
In the fall and winter my agent would fail to return either calls or emails for weeks and at one point even months at a time - with excuses ranging from going on vacation to saying he'd left a voicemail I somehow hadn't recieved to having to deal with the writer's strike in LA. Each time he was very apologetic and the excuses seemed legitimate.
In December we talked and he said that the publishing industry goes on hold for the winter holidays, but that he'd be back in touch in mid-January. Again, despite leaving repeated voicemails and emails since then, I haven't heard back.
Is this par for the course in the literary world, or am I getting the run-around and somehow being screwed? Do agents generally take on new contracts in a back-log with no expectation of getting to working on it anytime soon?
I don't want to throw the guy under the bus in case something legitimate is going on or if this isn't that unusual an experience, and I've searched the web and haven't found anything negative about him or his agency.
Any advice or perspective would be very much appreciated, thanks so much for your time!
In the fall and winter my agent would fail to return either calls or emails for weeks and at one point even months at a time - with excuses ranging from going on vacation to saying he'd left a voicemail I somehow hadn't recieved to having to deal with the writer's strike in LA. Each time he was very apologetic and the excuses seemed legitimate.
In December we talked and he said that the publishing industry goes on hold for the winter holidays, but that he'd be back in touch in mid-January. Again, despite leaving repeated voicemails and emails since then, I haven't heard back.
Is this par for the course in the literary world, or am I getting the run-around and somehow being screwed? Do agents generally take on new contracts in a back-log with no expectation of getting to working on it anytime soon?
I don't want to throw the guy under the bus in case something legitimate is going on or if this isn't that unusual an experience, and I've searched the web and haven't found anything negative about him or his agency.
Any advice or perspective would be very much appreciated, thanks so much for your time!