I had an agent request a full back in the spring, and have not heard back from her yet. It's approaching 4 months, so I was going to ping her to see if there was any interest. However, since I sent the manuscript to this agent I've received interest from an editor at a publishing house. She does not look at submissions from unagented authors, but this editor judged a contest I entered, and asked to read my full. I only recently sent it, and have no idea how long it will take to hear back from her.
Should I mention that I have an editor currently looking at my MS when I ping the agent? Also, I've made some significant revisions since I sent the full, mostly due to a workshop I attended. I was feeling good about my MS when I queried earlier this year and wasn't thinking I needed to change anything else after months of revisions, but since then the story is much stronger. Do I tell the agent that I've revised since we were last in contact? Or should I only mention this if I get a rejection, and then tell her that the story has changed and ask if she'd take another look? Lesson learned about jumping the gun on querying, by the way.
Thanks.
Should I mention that I have an editor currently looking at my MS when I ping the agent? Also, I've made some significant revisions since I sent the full, mostly due to a workshop I attended. I was feeling good about my MS when I queried earlier this year and wasn't thinking I needed to change anything else after months of revisions, but since then the story is much stronger. Do I tell the agent that I've revised since we were last in contact? Or should I only mention this if I get a rejection, and then tell her that the story has changed and ask if she'd take another look? Lesson learned about jumping the gun on querying, by the way.
Thanks.
