Good luck, Kitty! I just queried Dan Conaway, but it's snail so it'll be awhile on my end. Hope you get a request.
I've sent about forty or so, but have only heard back from about half. I made a really long list. Honestly I'm not expecting much, but I'm still gonna try.
I'm going to try Merrilee soon too. I'm just confused though because it says on her agenquery profile she doesn't accept e-queries, but on querytracker someone (fairly recently) mentioned they DID send an equery and got a partial request via assistant. Should I just play it safe and use snail?
The only person who knows I've written a book is my husband, But I haven't told him I sent it to a real live book agent. Any thoughts as to how to find my confidence or does that come over time?
Plus, does anybody have an idea as to what's Jodi's assistant's response time running at right now?
One day I just sat down and started writing and didn't stop. I have never written ANYTHING before. I've never taken any writing classes, either. But somehow I wrote a book. I edited the entire thing four times.
After researching queries and synopsis ideas, I wrote one up and sent them plus my first chapter to Jodi Reamer. That was five weeks ago. It all feels so surreal. I have no idea if the book is even any good since I was too nervous to let anyone read it. Is that insane?
The only person who knows I've written a book is my husband, but I haven't told him I sent it to a real live book agent. Any thoughts as to how to find my confidence or does that come over time?
Plus, does anybody have an idea as to what Jodi's assistant's response time is running right now?
I just asked her (she's my agent.) She DOES accept equeries. They should be addressed to her assistant, Jennifer Escott, to: JEscott at writershouse dot com (obviously, replace the @ and .)
Good luck!
Josh Getzler requested a partial back in August... I gave him well over the 8 weeks he promised then gave a gentle nudge by email. Have probably sent a few gentle nudges since then as its been a few months. Was a bit worried about it being bad form, but see Dawnny Baby got a positive response after her nudge! I've just been ignored, though. Does anyone else have any similar experience? Should I just give up on this one...?
Ditto what Giant Baby said! But you should also check out Josh's PM page. He said he took all requested materials (i.e. partials and fulls) with him in his move to R&V, but asked that everyone be patient with him. He promises he WILL get back to everyone.Josh Getzler requested a partial back in August... I gave him well over the 8 weeks he promised then gave a gentle nudge by email. Have probably sent a few gentle nudges since then as its been a few months. Was a bit worried about it being bad form, but see Dawnny Baby got a positive response after her nudge! I've just been ignored, though. Does anyone else have any similar experience? Should I just give up on this one...?
Josh Getzler requested a partial back in August... I gave him well over the 8 weeks he promised then gave a gentle nudge by email. Have probably sent a few gentle nudges since then as its been a few months. Was a bit worried about it being bad form, but see Dawnny Baby got a positive response after her nudge! I've just been ignored, though. Does anyone else have any similar experience? Should I just give up on this one...?
Am I reading this right? I don't believe anyone gives or gets exclusive queries. I hope you're not saying you won't query anyone else till you hear back from this one.My query was an exclusive, so I still have a few months to play with it before I move on.
Am I reading this right? I don't believe anyone gives or gets exclusive queries. I hope you're not saying you won't query anyone else till you hear back from this one.
Am I reading this right? I don't believe anyone gives or gets exclusive queries. I hope you're not saying you won't query anyone else till you hear back from this one.
Nope. You are right. Jodi Reamer is my first choice and since snail mail takes longer and a lot of the others on my top 10 take email, I wanted to get her response first before pursuing anyone else. I noted in my query it was an exclusive, so hopefully that might help and a response won't take as long as some of those that I've read on this site (8 months!).
On the flip side, I would have hated getting involved with another agent only to hear that she was interested, albeit too late. It may tie me up for a little while, but honestly I'm not in any hurry.
Does anyone know Jodi Reamer's response time? Also if the agents talk, as a lot of people suspect, then wouldn't sending out a query to a giant list of agents do more harm than good?