Update - I caved and emailed Megan, just to say that I wasn't sure what to do after a partial had been requested. She got back to me very quickly (1 day) and said it is still in the queue and she should get to it soon.
That's just about 3 months since she requested the partial.
I am overwhelmed by the amount of work these people have to consider and of course now I feel guilty for chasing it up, but its good to know that it hasn't been rejected (yet).
Ok, I heard back. Rejection I am afraid. I have to say Megan gave me more than a form rejection and the first real feedback I can use (albeit no more than a paragraph).
Considering how busy she is, I was very impressed.
Now, onto my question - if she mentioned a specific problem with my story but did not ask me to rewrite and resubmit, should I anyway once I fixed the problem? There is another editorial assistant at Kensington who deals with this genre - would it be better to submit to them once I have done the rewrite?
I emailed and got another very fast response. The bottom line is that she only reads revised manuscripts where she requested the revisions - and any editor at Kensington can acquire for any of their imprints so a rejection from one is a rejection from all. She ended by saying feel free to submit any new project to her or any of the other editors.
That's the end of the line for me but I hope the info is of use to others and thanks for all the advice thus far.
When any of you who have queried Kensington did so by email, did you include your chapters and synopsis? Or did you send a query only? Their submission details don't really specify what to send by snail or email.
Thanks.
Sent a query (no pages at all) to an editor yesterday. He's apparently spent the afternoon reading my blog and just requested the full. Fingers crossed!
I'm thinking about submitting to her in January after I finish my edits.I submitted to Selena James at Kensington Books on 2/8/2011. Does anyone have any current experience with her or Kensington? Thanks.