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Okay, this is a really big best-case-scenerio question but I've been trying to come up with a good answer all day and can't.
Let's say you write Novel A and send it off to agents. Agent A wants a full and gets it. Yay you. While waiting you finish Novel B and send it off to agents. Agent B wants a full. Yay you, squared. At this point you don't need to inform either about what's going on. Okay, so later, Agent B offers representation. Yay you, cubed. Do you tell Agent A even though it's a different manuscript? Do you tell Agent B that Agent A has Novel A? Okay, let's take it a step forward. After Agent B's offer, Agent A offers representation for Novel A. Yay you, to the fourth power. Then what are you supposed to do? Tell them both? It's different books so they wouldn't be competing for the manuscript...but can you really just have two agents at once?
I know this is an unlikely theory, but I can't get it out of my head. What's everyone's thoughts on it?
Oh, and if this has happened to anyone I throw out a yay you to the fifth in your honour.
Let's say you write Novel A and send it off to agents. Agent A wants a full and gets it. Yay you. While waiting you finish Novel B and send it off to agents. Agent B wants a full. Yay you, squared. At this point you don't need to inform either about what's going on. Okay, so later, Agent B offers representation. Yay you, cubed. Do you tell Agent A even though it's a different manuscript? Do you tell Agent B that Agent A has Novel A? Okay, let's take it a step forward. After Agent B's offer, Agent A offers representation for Novel A. Yay you, to the fourth power. Then what are you supposed to do? Tell them both? It's different books so they wouldn't be competing for the manuscript...but can you really just have two agents at once?
I know this is an unlikely theory, but I can't get it out of my head. What's everyone's thoughts on it?
Oh, and if this has happened to anyone I throw out a yay you to the fifth in your honour.