This may have been answered before but I can't find it.
Near the beginning of my query process (it's hard to believe it's been two and a half months!) I had two manuscript requests. Both have been in agent hands for over 10 weeks now, from one agency I got an immediate response to my submission saying that it was with the reader. Both were sent by e-mail so it's not like they could have slipped behind the filing cabinet.
So, a multi point question.
1) How long does it take? I checked on AgentQuery and I'm well beyond the average response time, in fact the longest response time posted for one company was only 40 days, I'm nearly double that now. Does anyone have any personal experience?
2) Again looking at the AQ stats the longer something is out the higher the statistical probability it will be picked up. Right?
3) I gather from reading elsewhere that when requested material has been out for over two months it's generally considered acceptable to send a polite, "how's it going?" e-mail to the agent. I sent one to each of the 70+ day agents on Thursday last week and there's no response... Both responded with their requests within two days of my initial query (one was only 10 hours)... Was it impolite of me to nudge them, or is there some conference going on that I don't know about keeping agents busy?
I'm just exhausted. I want the process to be over already.
Near the beginning of my query process (it's hard to believe it's been two and a half months!) I had two manuscript requests. Both have been in agent hands for over 10 weeks now, from one agency I got an immediate response to my submission saying that it was with the reader. Both were sent by e-mail so it's not like they could have slipped behind the filing cabinet.
So, a multi point question.
1) How long does it take? I checked on AgentQuery and I'm well beyond the average response time, in fact the longest response time posted for one company was only 40 days, I'm nearly double that now. Does anyone have any personal experience?
2) Again looking at the AQ stats the longer something is out the higher the statistical probability it will be picked up. Right?
3) I gather from reading elsewhere that when requested material has been out for over two months it's generally considered acceptable to send a polite, "how's it going?" e-mail to the agent. I sent one to each of the 70+ day agents on Thursday last week and there's no response... Both responded with their requests within two days of my initial query (one was only 10 hours)... Was it impolite of me to nudge them, or is there some conference going on that I don't know about keeping agents busy?
I'm just exhausted. I want the process to be over already.