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Old 02-29-2012, 05:47 PM   #13026
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I've had fulls last over a year. No matter what the agent (QT, BR&BC) says... I wait the 3 months. It's probably not a problem to do it at 8 weeks, and I understand how 2 months is an eternity when waiting on a full, but 3 months is standard and doesn't risk any appearance of impatience.
Thanks, and good to know.

Yeah, one does not want to appear pushy/impatient/demanding - all bad words

I don't care how long she takes with it. I just want to know that she got it.
*This is probably because she had replied so quickly to the query, and then the next day when I asked if ".rtf" was an acceptable format, she got back to me in 30 minutes [and it was 10pm her time]. So I think the nearly instant response of those two emails kind of spoiled me

She has been pretty busy lately according to her Twitter. That's outside of agenting/publishing stuff. Probably just hasn't gotten to it yet. :/

*sigh*

I want one of those little tracking systems like UPS has. One that says "you are here in the process, the agent has read this many pages"... boy wouldn't that be nice
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Old 02-29-2012, 07:26 PM   #13027
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Gosh, I haven't been on here in forever--and it makes me SAD! Grad school has been a big ole' bag of "rough!" But, just wanted to stop by and say I hope all your pens are flowing and your ideas are bright.

Spring break in two weeks. But who's counting?! Maybe I can finally return to my draft after I crawl out from a pile of homework.
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Old 02-29-2012, 07:27 PM   #13028
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Oh, and love your (new to me) avi, Parump!
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Old 02-29-2012, 08:58 PM   #13029
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Old 03-01-2012, 12:38 AM   #13030
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Sorry, I kind of fell off the face of the earth. I've been writing like mad to get this draft done.

Sage, I'm soooo happy LS found a home. Is it still YA, or did you change it again? I know you were thinking about it.

Hi, Dorothy!

Annnnnd now I'm back to writing. I promise to hang out more once I finish this draft. I m trying to plan a writing sprint every other month.

I wrote a 25k sci-fi in two days in January and am now working on an erotica shifter. I'm on day 3 and am sitting at about 33,000 words. Yes, I have no life during sprints.
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Old 03-01-2012, 12:44 AM   #13031
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Old 03-01-2012, 09:50 PM   #13032
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It's quiet.

And now it's 7 or 8 weeks to the day since I subbed the MS. I'll have to check to see which it is...
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Old 03-02-2012, 10:18 AM   #13033
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It's quiet.

And now it's 7 or 8 weeks to the day since I subbed the MS. I'll have to check to see which it is...
Hang in there. I believe the agent you're waiting to hear from is at a romance writer's conference in Florida at the moment. She'll probably be back to "business" next week. Good luck!
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Old 03-02-2012, 06:39 PM   #13034
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Hang in there. I believe the agent you're waiting to hear from is at a romance writer's conference in Florida at the moment. She'll probably be back to "business" next week. Good luck!
THanks, yeah I know about the conference, and the marathon. Busy, busy, busy.
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Old 03-02-2012, 07:36 PM   #13035
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Hi, I'm Lucia and I'm a newbie here Currently working on my first YA novel and looking forward to getting to know you all!
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Old 03-02-2012, 07:51 PM   #13036
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Old 03-03-2012, 12:22 PM   #13041
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Got two rejections for one novel and then one request for a partial. Keeping fingers crossed.

Also got an acceptance for an e-novel (YA) but undecided whether to go with this publisher or not. I'll think about it. In the meantime, on with the newest, They call me Master Fantastic. Up to sixty pages (to be revised, of course) and once I reach 125 or so (single-spaced) then the hard part begins.
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Good luck with the partial J.S.F! As for the e-novel, I wouldn't commit unless I was sure about going with the publisher so do take some time to think!
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Old 03-03-2012, 05:41 PM   #13043
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@ J.S.F - congrats on the partial and the e-pub if it all checks out and you decide to take it!

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Old 03-04-2012, 01:39 AM   #13044
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Best of luck on the agent search all. I kind of gave up on the agent scene this fall and have just been subbing to publishers. Got my first contract last month in a genre I never thought I'd write. I still like hanging out with the YA crowd though.
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Old 03-04-2012, 07:41 PM   #13045
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Best of luck on the agent search all. I kind of gave up on the agent scene this fall and have just been subbing to publishers. Got my first contract last month in a genre I never thought I'd write. I still like hanging out with the YA crowd though.
What genre? Just curious...
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It is so hard to be patient and wait to hear back. I just want my book out there now. I know some agents don't respond to queries with a form letter if they're not interested. But what about agents who request partials or fulls? Do most of them normally let you know either way?
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Old 03-05-2012, 04:57 AM   #13047
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In my experience and to my knowledge the querying process goes a little something like this:

At the query level, any of the following may happen:

A) No response means no
B) A form rejection
C) A request for a partial or a full (and perhaps a synopsis)
D) Perhaps a personalized note with the rejection (though this is incredibly rare)

With a request for a partial:

A) Form rejection
B) Personalized rejection
C) Personalized rejection with notes
D) Request for more pages (and maybe a synop)
E) Request for a full (and maybe a synop)

With a request for a full:

A) Form rejection
B) Personalized rejection
C) Personalized rejection with notes about what did or did not work for them
D) Personalized rejection with an R&R (re-write and re-submit and which could still result in a rejection afterwards)
E) An email asking to have a phone conversation which may or may not result in an offer of representation (at this point)

I think that's about it. Of course there are always exceptions to everything, but I think this is a general guideline of the process.

HTH

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In my experience and to my knowledge the querying process goes a little something like this:

At the query level, any of the following may happen:

A) No response means no
B) A form rejection
C) A request for a partial or a full (and perhaps a synopsis)
D) Perhaps a personalized note with the rejection (though this is incredibly rare)

With a request for a partial:

A) Form rejection
B) Personalized rejection
C) Personalized rejection with notes
D) Request for more pages (and maybe a synop)
E) Request for a full (and maybe a synop)

With a request for a full:

A) Form rejection
B) Personalized rejection
C) Personalized rejection with notes about what did or did not work for them
D) Personalized rejection with an R&R (re-write and re-submit and which could still result in a rejection afterwards)
E) An email asking to have a phone conversation which may or may not result in an offer of representation (at this point)

I think that's about it. Of course there are always exceptions to everything, but I think this is a general guideline of the process.

HTH

Oh, and welcome
Thanks and very helpful! BTW, I love your quote about falling on your face is still moving forward.
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Old 03-05-2012, 05:27 AM   #13049
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^^ Aww, thanks It is a great quote (as is the man who said )
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Yellow, it's paranormal erotica. Never expected to write it, but it seems I have a knack for it.

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