I was lucky enough to have a meeting with an agent following a debut submission earlier this year. All very encouraging, lots of lovely things were said about the work and some helpful and reasonable suggestions for revisions were given. So far, so good - I got busy with a rewrite. Now comes the tricky bit - 4 months after resubmitting (longer than the response period to my original submission) I've heard nothing. I've chased via e-mail a couple of times and left one phone message, so I hopefully haven't been a nuisance. I'm very aware that I'm not officially a client and therefore not a priority.
That said, the question is, is it bad form to start submitting elsewhere? Am I being unreasonably impatient in feeling that 4 months is too long to give an agent an exclusive viewing period (as there have been no other agents in the mix)?
Any thoughts would be appreciated as I can't find any sources that give advice on something like this.
Many thanks
Sarah
If the agent is reading your full manuscript then it can take up to 6 months for them to respond, so keep your fingers crossed and wait a little longer :) Well done though, it all sound very exciting for you.