Dear Writers,
I have had my full ms with a literary agent since 11 March but have not yet had a reply.
I submitted my query on 9 March (her submission requirements are the first ten pages and synopsis) and she replied on the 11th, asking to read the whole novel.
I checked the agency website for response times but there is no indication at all. What is the general feeling about when (or if!) I should politely follow up my submission? The last thing I want to do is annoy her, but it has been almost 2 1/2 months now...
Any advice or thoughts would be much appreciated.
Thank you.
Thanks Simon - much appreciated. Will wait another two weeks and then briefly and politely follow up with an e-mail.
Your recent blog was great - very helpful and informative.
I will put up a post when I hear - good news or bad!
Thank you Simon. I will definitely leave it another couple of weeks and then briefly and politely follow up with an email. I'll put up a post either way when I hear back - good news or bad!
And thank you for the recent blog you did - it was very useful.
Congrats on the full request, for one thing. Agents very, very rarely forget to reply to a full, so you will eventually hear back. Three months is the usual MINIMUM amount of time. My suggestion would be to wait a couple more weeks and then, if you want to, send a polite and brief 'nudge' e-mail just asking if they know when you might hear back. You could easily wait another month before that, though.
And do let us know how it goes