Very on point whitewavedarling. Too often, we're so eager for representation that we don't ask these key questions.

So, Nicole's been considering my full since April, and though she at one point told me I'd hear back within a week (that was in June, I believe), I've checked in again since then and have yet to hear back from either of those emails.

That said, I had to post here because I'm in the process of reading some books by various agents who've requested my Full, including Nicole... and I have to say, I was kind of horrified by one of the books I read which Nicole represented; it was, very simply, nowhere near ready for publication. The second I read which she represented had a lot of formatting errors and comma issues that should have been caught in the copy-editing phase. Both authors thanked Nicole in their acknowledgements. As a result of reading these two books, I'm honestly not sure I'd accept representation if she offered it (I'm pretty sure I wouldn't), so I wanted to drop by and suggest that, if you do get an offer, you do a bit of added research before accepting. I'm going to read one more work she represented, but what I've seen so far may as well have been self-published. At this point, based on what I know now, I'd probably discourage others from querying her, or at least suggest a bit more research than you might feel the need to do with other agents/agencies. If she does call me with that oft-wished-for offer, I'm definitely not going to feel comfortable accepting before talking about these couple of books.

EQ: July 27 Same out-of-office auto reply as others have received today. The agency says they'll respond within 2 weeks if interested, but according to QT reports, average positive response time is 19 days--guess I won't close out just yet.

CNR: August 25

MG Fantasy

EQ: 8-18-16
Action/Thriller w/ Christian theme

08/16/16: EQ

YA Science Fiction

EQ 7/27/16. Same as below: Received auto-reply that she's currently out of the office, it did not mention when she'd be back.

EQ 7/27/16. Received auto-reply that she's currently out of the office, it did not mention when she'd be back.

Keep me posted KristenH
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Thanks Cindy!

congrats KristenH

EQ 8/31/11 (Venom)
R&R 12/30/11
3/15/15 Considering Venom, asked for other future projects, while I edited it again and dealt with life obstacles from 2012-2015
7/13/16 Full Request sent!

EQ 6/28/16

EQ 5/26/16- 102K alternate world YA fantasy/sci-fi

EQ: 4/25
CNR: 5/18 (over 2 weeks)
70k adult romance

EQ: 5/12/16

86k YA Contemporary Romance