Agent requested full m/s, can I send in a few days?

if you're going ot wait till next week, I'd probably send a brief note telling them you're going to be doing so. Just make sure it doesn't sound like you're putting them off or that you're in doubt about your ms being anything other than great ;-) Saying you're just going to give it "a quick once over, just to see that everything is in order," might be the way to phrase it. Good luck.

When this happened to me with a London agent, I knew I should go over the ms and tweak. Then I said to myself, he'll either like it or he won't, so I pressed send on the full.

He came back asking for a few revisions, I complied and he offered representation. The point here being, if you've got the agent's attention, any decent agent will ask for revision anyway. And the tweaking you do now may not be what the agent is looking for. If the full stands up it will stand up. There comes a time when you need to say GO FOR IT.

A week is fine. Unless the agent thinks it's just what she's looking for, it will go into a stack, not to be read for a couple of months.

I waited about 5 days to send a full, and it was fine. I eventually signed with the agent.

Sure. A week isn't very long and, for all the agent knows, you could be out of town. Delays of a few days happen.

Julie Worth said:

A week is fine. Unless the agent thinks it's just what she's looking for, it will go into a stack, not to be read for a couple of months.

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Maybe. Or maybe not. Mine read my full within a few days.

I'd send a short email explaining that you're out of town for a week and will send it when you return.

I got the call from my agent for a full on the Tuesday. The book wasn't done. I finished it on Friday. Got it to them on Monday. It wasn't until I signed with them that I told them the truth about the situation. Needless to say, they didn't mind waiting a few days. But I wouldn't take over a week. And yeah, a quick note: "Thank you so much! I'll get it to you by the end of the week" is all you need. You don't need the added explanation of why. I mean you can make something up if you really want, but honestly it isn't necessary.

I got the call for a full on a Friday. The book wasn't done. I sent it on Monday. I'm sure the agent gives into account that you have a life. I don't picture them imagining you sitting at home with your finger on the send button, waiting to be summoned.

Loadsa luck, TrixieLox.