So, a weird thing happened. Not sure how to handle it. Any advice much appreciated.
I'm based in the UK (salutes you all with a cup of tea), and represented by a small UK agency. I'm happy with them, too. My literary novel is on sub right now to UK publishers (wipes sweat from brow after just thinking about it) and it's getting on the right desks.
Last night, an editor that published a short story of mine wrote to me saying a US agent had contacted her about my story, and asked her to ask me to get in touch with the agency.
I looked this agent up. I think he's kind of a big New York deal. Possibly really big. Much bigger than my lovely little UK agency for sure.
So what is the etiquette here? I'm under contract with my current agency, and they have their own foreign rights people. And, I'm happy with them for now (although no sales yet; we're early in the process). Plus the US agent seems to have a fondness for crime-type stories, and the story of mine he liked is one of my few crime stories (although it was on the literary side).
Obviously opportunities like this rarely come up in the writing game (or at least they don't come up for me often), and I don't want to just ignore the big agent. Realistically though, there's nothing I can do. Should I even send an email to him?
Thanks in advance.
I'm based in the UK (salutes you all with a cup of tea), and represented by a small UK agency. I'm happy with them, too. My literary novel is on sub right now to UK publishers (wipes sweat from brow after just thinking about it) and it's getting on the right desks.
Last night, an editor that published a short story of mine wrote to me saying a US agent had contacted her about my story, and asked her to ask me to get in touch with the agency.
I looked this agent up. I think he's kind of a big New York deal. Possibly really big. Much bigger than my lovely little UK agency for sure.
So what is the etiquette here? I'm under contract with my current agency, and they have their own foreign rights people. And, I'm happy with them for now (although no sales yet; we're early in the process). Plus the US agent seems to have a fondness for crime-type stories, and the story of mine he liked is one of my few crime stories (although it was on the literary side).
Obviously opportunities like this rarely come up in the writing game (or at least they don't come up for me often), and I don't want to just ignore the big agent. Realistically though, there's nothing I can do. Should I even send an email to him?
Thanks in advance.
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