[Agency] Inkwell Management - Page 5

AuntB · 12-05-2009, 06:19 AM

HMS,

What agent has your full?

AuntB · 12-09-2009, 08:40 AM

Catherine requested my full off my partial today!!! Incredibly excited!!!

rtrgirl · 12-09-2009, 09:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AuntB

Catherine requested my full off my partial today!!! Incredibly excited!!!

OMG - Lucky you! That's awesome. Yay you!

AuntB · 12-11-2009, 12:32 AM

Thanks rtrgirl!

I'm beyond excited! This is the first full I've had requested off of a partial rather than just a query. And Catherine's definitely at the top of my list!

akaSylvia · 12-14-2009, 02:42 AM

Has anyone had any interactions with Nathaniel Jacks of InkWell Management? He appears to be interested in sci/fi and fantasy but I'm struggling to find out anything specific.

Suzan · 01-13-2010, 06:02 PM

I'm interested in querying Mr. Pine at Inkwell. Anyone have any response times for this agent?

djaffe · 02-01-2010, 05:26 AM

hey folks

I know Catherine Drayton has a reputation for being FAST but I think I've got you all beat. She replied with a request for 50 pages 1 minute after I sent my query. I thought it was an automated response and was stunned to see a human reply

Will let you know if I get the big "R" or a request for full.

Sage · 02-01-2010, 05:57 AM

This speed everyone's reporting is making me afraid mine got lost. It hasn't been a horribly long time so I'm not too worried, just longer than it looks like she usually takes.

djaffe · 02-04-2010, 01:31 PM

hey Sage

Good luck! I'd say that half of all my queries never get a reply and once sufficient time has passed (8 weeks or so), I'll usually resubmit to someone else at the agency if I think they are a decent fit for the project. It's possible the original query got lost but I tend to think a no-reply is a no.

Sarah Christine · 02-10-2010, 11:14 PM

Sage, I FINALLY got a rejection from my 10/19 resent query to Catherine on 1/20 by what must have been her assistant.

I guess she only replies right away when she's interested. But by the time I received the rejection, I was like, "..........Why bother?" I had already checked her name off and started querying an entirely different project.

ILove2Write · 02-10-2010, 11:54 PM

To all of you who queried Catherine Drayton, did you email her through the general submissions from their website or her personal email listed on AgentQuery?

nash · 02-11-2010, 12:39 AM

@ILove2Write: I e-queired on 1/26/10 and sent to submissions@inkwellmanagement.com. No reply yet.

AuntB · 02-11-2010, 07:46 AM

I also queried at the general submissions email, though I put Attn: Catherine Drayton after my title in the subject line.

That was on 10/24
rec'd partial request on 10/27
full request on 12/08
emailed full on 12/09 and rec'd confirmation of receipt same day

Just over two months now... and I have no nails left to bite.

Sage · 02-11-2010, 07:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by djaffe

I'd say that half of all my queries never get a reply and once sufficient time has passed (8 weeks or so), I'll usually resubmit to someone else at the agency if I think they are a decent fit for the project. It's possible the original query got lost but I tend to think a no-reply is a no.

I've gotten enough requests after a few months (one after a year) that I don't do this. The only time I do consider it (considering it now), is with the next project.

AuntB · 02-15-2010, 09:31 AM

Got an email from Catherine today. My heart jumped into my throat thinking it was a reply to my full, when in reality... it was another email saying she liked my partial, and asking for the full(which she already had). I was so confused, and was stressing trying to figure out what to say in a reply, but luckily she emailed back shortly apologizing and saying it was a mistake. She then said she was about to start reading and wanted to make sure I hadn't accepted representation.

I have to say though... now, at least, I know the upgrade from partial to a full wasn't a fluke, because she's done it TWICE.

Also, now I'm panicking everytime my phone vibrates with a new email. Urgh.

Roly · 02-15-2010, 09:00 PM

lol how strange, AuntB, but congrats...again!

Sarah Christine · 02-15-2010, 11:24 PM

Just an update, I queried Catherine this time on 2/11, and received a remarkably speedy rejection the next day. Maybe they're a little disorganized?

mtrenteseau · 03-02-2010, 06:46 AM

I'm part of the chorus that's frustrated because I don't know which agent to query.

I'm going to do the horribly tacky thing and just address it "Good Morning." Hopefully whoever goes through the e-mails will identify a book with "Murder" in the title as a mystery and send it to someone who might enjoy it.

Traven · 03-02-2010, 07:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mtrenteseau

I'm part of the chorus that's frustrated because I don't know which agent to query.

I'm going to do the horribly tacky thing and just address it "Good Morning." Hopefully whoever goes through the e-mails will identify a book with "Murder" in the title as a mystery and send it to someone who might enjoy it.

Let us know if you ever do figure out who's the "mystery agent" there.

sarahfru · 03-19-2010, 08:00 PM

Does anyone have any experience dealing with Inkwell? After querying the agent, I got an email over 2 weeks ago from Ethan Bassoff asking for the first 100 pages of my novel. I haven't heard back. After a week, it felt promising. After 2 weeks, I think he passed on the novel without ever letting me know. Anyone else get this kind of brush-off?

amergina · 03-19-2010, 08:13 PM

I'm sure a mod will be along to move this to here--> <snipped>

But in general (that is, in the industry), responses to partial submissions can take months to receive.

I'd wait before writing this one off. But keep querying in the meantime.

Momento Mori · 03-19-2010, 08:15 PM

Hi, Sarah, and welcome to AW.

There's a thread on Inkwell Management here.

There's also a general index to pre-existing threads here so you can see if an agency is being discussed.

It usually takes agents a while to give a response after they've asked for a partial so a fortnight is nothing. Personally, I'd give it a couple of months and then nudge to see if he's had a chance to read it.

MM

Sara Lou · 04-02-2010, 01:52 AM

I queried Catherine on the 16th of March (submissions@inkwellmanagement.com) and have yet to receive a reply--I know it's still early. The posts are confusing and the agency seems a little inconsistent. I have no idea when I should expect a response.

Sage · 04-02-2010, 01:57 AM

Huh, I still haven't heard after 2.5 months.

Roly · 04-02-2010, 02:32 AM

I had to query Catherine twice. I queried her at the beginning of Feb and then again mid March. She got back to me within three days the second try.

12-05-2009, 06:19 AM	#101
AuntB figuring it all out Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 98	HMS, What agent has your full? __________________ “But the beginning of things, of a world especially, is necessarily vague, tangled, chaotic, and exceedingly disturbing. How few of us ever emerge from such beginning! How many souls perish in its tumult!” -Kate Chopin

12-09-2009, 08:40 AM	#102
AuntB figuring it all out Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 98	Catherine requested my full off my partial today!!! Incredibly excited!!! __________________ “But the beginning of things, of a world especially, is necessarily vague, tangled, chaotic, and exceedingly disturbing. How few of us ever emerge from such beginning! How many souls perish in its tumult!” -Kate Chopin

12-11-2009, 12:32 AM	#104
AuntB figuring it all out Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 98	Thanks rtrgirl! I'm beyond excited! This is the first full I've had requested off of a partial rather than just a query. And Catherine's definitely at the top of my list! __________________ “But the beginning of things, of a world especially, is necessarily vague, tangled, chaotic, and exceedingly disturbing. How few of us ever emerge from such beginning! How many souls perish in its tumult!” -Kate Chopin

02-01-2010, 05:57 AM	#108
Sage Angel, demon, hero, villain AW Moderator Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Heretogether Posts: 48,131	This speed everyone's reporting is making me afraid mine got lost. It hasn't been a horribly long time so I'm not too worried, just longer than it looks like she usually takes. __________________ Love Sucks - now available at Musa Publishing, B&N, and Amazon "Fireflies" - Absolute Visions Taylor-Made - post-R&R querying A Paranormal Bromance - First draft done (NaNo) Quartet - Plotting Blog: http://sagelikethespice.wordpress.com

02-10-2010, 11:14 PM	#110
Sarah Christine I think you can do better. Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Where did the floor go? (This is not an existential question.) Posts: 279	Sage, I FINALLY got a rejection from my 10/19 resent query to Catherine on 1/20 by what must have been her assistant. I guess she only replies right away when she's interested. But by the time I received the rejection, I was like, "..........Why bother?" I had already checked her name off and started querying an entirely different project. __________________ Scar: Trunked ftw. WatW: Trunked also ftw. WIP: FINISHED130k (I hate epics.) Twittering about your driving skills. And stuff. // Shared Art Blog for sketchbook vomit.

12-14-2009, 02:42 AM	#105
akaSylvia Doesn't Bite Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Malaga, Spain Posts: 192	Has anyone had any interactions with Nathaniel Jacks of InkWell Management? He appears to be interested in sci/fi and fantasy but I'm struggling to find out anything specific.

01-13-2010, 06:02 PM	#106
Suzan Living the Dream... Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 332	I'm interested in querying Mr. Pine at Inkwell. Anyone have any response times for this agent?

02-01-2010, 05:26 AM	#107
djaffe Me love books much Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 94	hey folks I know Catherine Drayton has a reputation for being FAST but I think I've got you all beat. She replied with a request for 50 pages 1 minute after I sent my query. I thought it was an automated response and was stunned to see a human reply Will let you know if I get the big "R" or a request for full.

02-04-2010, 01:31 PM	#109
djaffe Me love books much Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 94	hey Sage Good luck! I'd say that half of all my queries never get a reply and once sufficient time has passed (8 weeks or so), I'll usually resubmit to someone else at the agency if I think they are a decent fit for the project. It's possible the original query got lost but I tend to think a no-reply is a no.

02-10-2010, 11:54 PM	#111
ILove2Write Jaws has nightmares too Join Date: May 2007 Location: Fraggle Rock Posts: 214	To all of you who queried Catherine Drayton, did you email her through the general submissions from their website or her personal email listed on AgentQuery?

02-11-2010, 12:39 AM	#112
nash nom.nom.nom.nom Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 91	@ILove2Write: I e-queired on 1/26/10 and sent to submissions@inkwellmanagement.com. No reply yet.

02-11-2010, 07:46 AM	#113
AuntB figuring it all out Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 98	I also queried at the general submissions email, though I put Attn: Catherine Drayton after my title in the subject line. That was on 10/24 rec'd partial request on 10/27 full request on 12/08 emailed full on 12/09 and rec'd confirmation of receipt same day Just over two months now... and I have no nails left to bite. __________________ “But the beginning of things, of a world especially, is necessarily vague, tangled, chaotic, and exceedingly disturbing. How few of us ever emerge from such beginning! How many souls perish in its tumult!” -Kate Chopin

02-15-2010, 09:31 AM	#115
AuntB figuring it all out Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 98	Got an email from Catherine today. My heart jumped into my throat thinking it was a reply to my full, when in reality... it was another email saying she liked my partial, and asking for the full(which she already had). I was so confused, and was stressing trying to figure out what to say in a reply, but luckily she emailed back shortly apologizing and saying it was a mistake. She then said she was about to start reading and wanted to make sure I hadn't accepted representation. I have to say though... now, at least, I know the upgrade from partial to a full wasn't a fluke, because she's done it TWICE. Also, now I'm panicking everytime my phone vibrates with a new email. Urgh. __________________ “But the beginning of things, of a world especially, is necessarily vague, tangled, chaotic, and exceedingly disturbing. How few of us ever emerge from such beginning! How many souls perish in its tumult!” -Kate Chopin

02-15-2010, 09:00 PM	#116
Roly silly puppy monster Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: in other people's soups Posts: 1,411	lol how strange, AuntB, but congrats...again! __________________ puppy smash! My twitter account F3@ther B0und ~ Str@nge Chemistry ~ Spring 2014. About Cinderella, swan maidens and human trafficking. Oh my Add it on Goodreads! Go, go go!

02-15-2010, 11:24 PM	#117
Sarah Christine I think you can do better. Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Where did the floor go? (This is not an existential question.) Posts: 279	Just an update, I queried Catherine this time on 2/11, and received a remarkably speedy rejection the next day. Maybe they're a little disorganized? __________________ Scar: Trunked ftw. WatW: Trunked also ftw. WIP: FINISHED130k (I hate epics.) Twittering about your driving skills. And stuff. // Shared Art Blog for sketchbook vomit.

03-02-2010, 06:46 AM	#118
mtrenteseau Mild-mannered accountant by day... Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Atlanta Posts: 707	I'm part of the chorus that's frustrated because I don't know which agent to query. I'm going to do the horribly tacky thing and just address it "Good Morning." Hopefully whoever goes through the e-mails will identify a book with "Murder" in the title as a mystery and send it to someone who might enjoy it.

03-19-2010, 08:00 PM	#120
sarahfru Chin up. Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 19	Inkwell Management Does anyone have any experience dealing with Inkwell? After querying the agent, I got an email over 2 weeks ago from Ethan Bassoff asking for the first 100 pages of my novel. I haven't heard back. After a week, it felt promising. After 2 weeks, I think he passed on the novel without ever letting me know. Anyone else get this kind of brush-off? __________________ Sarah Rae

03-19-2010, 08:13 PM	#121
amergina Waltzing with fae. Slowly. Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 5,810	I'm sure a mod will be along to move this to here--> <snipped> But in general (that is, in the industry), responses to partial submissions can take months to receive. I'd wait before writing this one off. But keep querying in the meantime. Last edited by CaoPaux; 03-19-2010 at 08:26 PM. Reason: threads merged, thanks!

03-19-2010, 08:15 PM	#122
Momento Mori Tired and Disillusioned Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Here and there Posts: 3,168	Hi, Sarah, and welcome to AW. There's a thread on Inkwell Management here. There's also a general index to pre-existing threads here so you can see if an agency is being discussed. It usually takes agents a while to give a response after they've asked for a partial so a fortnight is nothing. Personally, I'd give it a couple of months and then nudge to see if he's had a chance to read it. MM Last edited by CaoPaux; 03-19-2010 at 08:26 PM. Reason: threads merged, thanks!

04-02-2010, 01:52 AM	#123
Sara Lou YA/UF/Paranormal author Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 43	I queried Catherine on the 16th of March (submissions@inkwellmanagement.com) and have yet to receive a reply--I know it's still early. The posts are confusing and the agency seems a little inconsistent. I have no idea when I should expect a response.

04-02-2010, 01:57 AM	#124
Sage Angel, demon, hero, villain AW Moderator Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Heretogether Posts: 48,131	Huh, I still haven't heard after 2.5 months. __________________ Love Sucks - now available at Musa Publishing, B&N, and Amazon "Fireflies" - Absolute Visions Taylor-Made - post-R&R querying A Paranormal Bromance - First draft done (NaNo) Quartet - Plotting Blog: http://sagelikethespice.wordpress.com

04-02-2010, 02:32 AM	#125
Roly silly puppy monster Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: in other people's soups Posts: 1,411	I had to query Catherine twice. I queried her at the beginning of Feb and then again mid March. She got back to me within three days the second try. __________________ puppy smash! My twitter account F3@ther B0und ~ Str@nge Chemistry ~ Spring 2014. About Cinderella, swan maidens and human trafficking. Oh my Add it on Goodreads! Go, go go!

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