Does anyone know if Merilee Heifetz has submission requirements beyond 'query letter and synopsis'?
Hi all! On their website they say that they "respond to all queries, generally within six to eight weeks" but the agent I queried only has a 20% response rate on Query Tracker and hasn't gotten back to me. Since they prefer you only query one agent at a time, how do I approach this? Do I withdraw the query from Agent A to query Agent B? Do I just CNR or would that be going against the rules?
Yeah, it's been 82 days.First question: How long has the query been with them? Has eight weeks passed?
Given the terms, you would probably have to withdraw your query before querying somebody... although there could be issues there if they've seen it and are mulling things over.
Personally, I'd probably just wait until it's been some outrageous amount of time, but I also once had a query -- through QT -- with an agent for 5 months before I got a rejection (actually, might've had a longer one, too). But, as a general rule, if something says "eight weeks" I'd wait until twelve weeks.