Nice work, Derek
Hi Derek,
Nice work, getting such prompt and positive responses. You must have written a truly appealing book.
I'm wondering if any of the agents to whom you refer are based at Trident. I myself received a reply (from Scott Miller, via Stephanie Sun) to my query only after some 200 days had passed.
That's not to say or imply I was sitting on my hands. I queried other agents during that interval.
I ought to note, just for the record, that I have received "No Thanks" notes to my query after only a day or two (in the case of email query). Many turn-downs to snailmail queries have arrived within 10 days.
The request for a partial or a whole after months and months have passed is puzzling, at least to me. Might it just be a sign of that agent's inefficient or haphazard work process? I don't know.
It is encouraging that the query system, which in my experience has been dysfunctional, does work for some writers.
Good luck,
~copperpockets