Nancy Coffey Literary & Media Representation

AryaT92 said:

^ I didn't have a date or a dear Ms. line.

Never have.

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Did you ever know that you're my heeeeeroooo

I'll let you know what happens.

I forgot to come back in and update this. I got a partial request from Joanna on December 17th, which then turned into a request for a full. She is very personable in her emails. Adding that to everything else I've read about her, she'd be a fabulous agent to have.

Good luck, dgrintalis!

Queried Joanna again on a new project because I'd soooo love to work with her! Queried 1/14 and then she requested a full the next day.

Totally hate doing simultaneous posts, but, who here is still waiting for a response from Joanna on a sub?

I'm holding hands with you on many threads! Eee.

<pretending she hasn't been gnawing off all her fingers, up to her elbows, because then....there's sort of no hands to hold>

Please don't gnaw them off. We need those to be attached and not digested.

I posted an interview with Ms. Stampfel-Volpe over on my blog today. For anyone interested (especially if you're thinking about querying her), you can check it out at this address:

http://motherwrite.blogspot.com/2010/02/interview-with-agent-joanna-stampfel.html

is joanna a "no response = no" agent?

thmafi said:

is joanna a "no response = no" agent?

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From what I understand, she responds to all queries. (She responded to mine - with a no, thanks - in two days back in September.) And her numbers on Query Tracker seem to support that as well.

Joanna did mention on her twitter that she's backed up with queries from the post holiday slam. So for those waiting longer than usual to hear back, that's probably why.

She also mentioned that she's really enjoying a manuscript right now. I doubt it's mine, but I'm excited for whomever's it is!

Aww, sorry to hear about that :'/ Good luck with your other subs!

I know Joanna started my ms on Sunday night. Other than that ... I haven't heard from her. But I swear she's trying to kill me, though, with these random updates about a ms that may or may not be mine.

I'm excited for whoever's it is, too!!!

Ooh that's cool!

I wish there was a way for me to figure out when agents were reading my stuff. Unfortunately, they don't twitter/blog that kind of stuff

Actually, I think it's better NOT to know. I mean, can you imagine the anxiety of knowing they've started your ms, and then having a day pass, then another day, and another, not knowing if they're loving or hating it? If they got bored halfway through? If that one character is grating on their nerves, or if you put enough pizzazz into that one big scene???

lol

Yeah. I think I'd rather not know.

lol you make a great point, brim. XD

Verrrry good point! LOL I'd probably melt into a puddle while waiting under so much anxiety. An ooey gooey puddle.

This reminds me though of another agent that twittered about how she loved a manuscript and started to tease the author, because the author was a follower. What a way to find out!

I can't find Joanna on twitter. What's her user name?

Roly said:

Ooh that's cool!

I wish there was a way for me to figure out when agents were reading my stuff. Unfortunately, they don't twitter/blog that kind of stuff

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Actually, I've seen two tweets just recently from agents reading manuscripts they were falling in love with. They're just not specific enough to give solid clues as to the story line. But I don't have fulls with either one, so I know it's not me.

ETA: Here's the one from Joanna:

I have this giddy feeling bubbling inside me because I'm reading a manuscript that I seriously LOVE.
9:57 AM Feb 9th from web