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Website: lperkinsagency.com
Blog: agentinthemiddle.blogspot.com
Twitter: LoriPerkinsRAB
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If they push a self-publishing service on you, please let someone know. In the meantime, it is possible to keep the two businesses separate, which they seem to be doing.
(Thanks saetter)
I love when agents take the time to let us know what's going on in their world. :)
In other news: I received a partial request from Louise Fury on 5/31
Then I got a full request yesterday! W000T!
So far correspondence with her has been a delight and I love her last name.
And yes, I understand it is a standard practice to send a status query on partials/fulls after 3 months. And Nathan Bransford is terrific (I do read his blog as well as Jessica Faust and many of the publishing link blogs she lists including Janet Reid who makes Lori sound like Ms. Manners).
I take umbrage with the fact that she berates this poor individual (in public) for merely trying to find out the status of his *requested* submission two months after the stated deadline. There was nothing arrogant or "entitled" about his emails. Going above Sandy's head may have been an error, but Lori's response was beyond rude and arrogant. She read things into his emails that simply were not there.
It is perfectly acceptable in this industry to request status updates from an agent. Nathan Bransford says to send a status update request after 3 months and then every month after.
Also, I think you must be addressing the blog entry regarding someone sending a couple status queries to her associate, Sandy Lu. I don't quite take as much umbrage as you do with Lorie's blow-by-blow take on it. However, I will say this regarding Sandy Lu since I have had experience with her in this department. She requested a full from me and did answer at least two status queries from me promptly. However, each one simply asked for more time. After nearly a year she finally responded with a standard reject. That was when she had her own agency. Apparently she's still painfully slow.
Dec. 28, 2009--no word so will assume it's a no, even after a follow-up on 12-7.
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