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Hello all.
I signed with an agent last year. He's a senior agent with a very reputable agency.
I knew right away he wasn't the nurturing, hand holding type but that suits my own needs just fine.
He was, however, very enthusiastic during the initial process of revisions etc. He was on top of the ball in terms of communicating when I sent an e-mail about something.
We went out on submission at the beginning of January. It was understood between us that it would be a small initial round of editors to kind of test the waters. It turns out the waters weren't so receptive because the rejections came fast and furious.
Since we've gone out on submission, I have had to reach out through e-mail to see how everything is going every few months.
I last e-mailed at the end of April and the resulting e-mail was two lines about how we were still waiting on those two editors.
Since then there's been dead silence. I didn't e-mail because I felt that he would let me know what the game plan was and where we were going from here. I was sure that I would hear something from him at some point during the summer.
But the weeks have gone by and I've gotten more and more frustrated and there's been absolutely nothing from his end. I know that publishing is a slow business etc. etc. and I know that different agents have different styles, but am I wrong to feel that it's a red flag when you go out on submission and after a round of rejections, your agent goes silent? For seven months?
If the editors haven't given any answer in seven months, isn't it time for the agent to check in with them or to take it is a no and to move on?
I want to give him the benefit of the doubt, but not to the point where I become a total pushover.
Any opinions or ideas on the situation or how to deal with it?
I signed with an agent last year. He's a senior agent with a very reputable agency.
I knew right away he wasn't the nurturing, hand holding type but that suits my own needs just fine.
He was, however, very enthusiastic during the initial process of revisions etc. He was on top of the ball in terms of communicating when I sent an e-mail about something.
We went out on submission at the beginning of January. It was understood between us that it would be a small initial round of editors to kind of test the waters. It turns out the waters weren't so receptive because the rejections came fast and furious.
Since we've gone out on submission, I have had to reach out through e-mail to see how everything is going every few months.
I last e-mailed at the end of April and the resulting e-mail was two lines about how we were still waiting on those two editors.
Since then there's been dead silence. I didn't e-mail because I felt that he would let me know what the game plan was and where we were going from here. I was sure that I would hear something from him at some point during the summer.
But the weeks have gone by and I've gotten more and more frustrated and there's been absolutely nothing from his end. I know that publishing is a slow business etc. etc. and I know that different agents have different styles, but am I wrong to feel that it's a red flag when you go out on submission and after a round of rejections, your agent goes silent? For seven months?
If the editors haven't given any answer in seven months, isn't it time for the agent to check in with them or to take it is a no and to move on?
I want to give him the benefit of the doubt, but not to the point where I become a total pushover.
Any opinions or ideas on the situation or how to deal with it?
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