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Ok, so after over a year, almost two in fact, with my first novel out on submission, I finally had a smaller press bite. They contacted my agent and sent her a contract that she described as a template. She said she was waiting on the official offer. A week goes by before I asked for more info, having expected more news by then, and she told me the template was the official offer after all. She's waiting to hear back from editors who still have the book right now I guess before beginning negotiations with the publisher.
My question about this is that at this point it's been a week and a half roughly since she told me about this publisher being interested. I have not yet seen the contract they sent so I know zilch about this. She's busy this week and still waiting on responses. Is this normal for this process? I always imagined things would move much faster once a publisher decided they wanted the novel. But the truth is I don't know squat so I came here to see what anyone here knows from their experiences. I went from ecstatic when I first learned of their interest to doubting it'd happen after a week went by. I know it's a slow business...this publisher had the novel a full year before expressing interest. So...any thoughts?? Is this normal?
My question about this is that at this point it's been a week and a half roughly since she told me about this publisher being interested. I have not yet seen the contract they sent so I know zilch about this. She's busy this week and still waiting on responses. Is this normal for this process? I always imagined things would move much faster once a publisher decided they wanted the novel. But the truth is I don't know squat so I came here to see what anyone here knows from their experiences. I went from ecstatic when I first learned of their interest to doubting it'd happen after a week went by. I know it's a slow business...this publisher had the novel a full year before expressing interest. So...any thoughts?? Is this normal?