@HiggiKai, this is not insight into Laura’s process specifically, but I would say that these days 5 months is not considered a very long time to have a full out. Publishing has been pretty glacial and many agents are taking longer than that to respond. If you do choose to nudge, I would wait until after the holidays.

To anyone who received a full request from Laura: any word back yet? She's had my full manuscript for 5 months now and I've seen some older comments that suggest her timeline for a full is around 6 months to a year...I've been tempted to follow up with her and ask if she has any initial feedback/thoughts, mostly just to find out if I've been ghosted or not, but I've also read comments that said she'll typically reject a full manuscript if you nudge her with anything other than an offer from another agency. I definitely don't want to cause myself to be rejected after waiting so (im)patiently for 5 months, but the suspense is KILLING ME!!

I guess I'm just wondering about everyone else's experiences...is 5 months still early? Has anyone received an offer of representation after 5 months? Does anyone actually advise following up with her, or is it truly safer to just wait and hope she hasn't ghosted? Has she been known to ghost people on full requests???

Any relevant insight would be so appreciated as I try not to shoot myself in the foot over here!

still no response after re-sending query, per her request. as of now, no response, not even a rejection... hmmm

ER: 9/7/21
Full request 9/7/21

Historical Fiction 112K

@jadege Um...research? Repped Meg Cabot on all her major deals. I don't know about 2021 but research before this time. Or just research the name Meg Cabot?

Raising an eyebrow at the lack of information for this agent, but taking a chance... sent Q letter and 10pp
EQ 6/24/21 Lit Fic LGBTQ+ 94k
9/7/21 No response but not closing this query yet...
10/17/21 Just sent a follow up email politely asking if she rec'd my query.
10/18 rec'd short email suggesting I resend my query. So, I did. Fingers crossed...
10/18 Well that wasn't worth it. 6 1/2 hours rec'd form rejection. Onward and upward!

I submitted on October 6, still haven't heard. I wonder if that is good or bad?

Submitted 10/9/2021
Pass 10/9/2021

About 3 hours response time. Very fast.

Based on the timeline, this agent seems very on top of her inbox, but there’s a big gap between 6/25 and 7/16 of unanswered queries. Anyone else stuck in that spot? Based on the pattern it seems possible she forgot. Anyone have thoughts?

EQ August 21, 2021
A M 77k
ER August 23, 2021 form

EQ 7-21-21
ER 8-02-21
YA Historical thriller with para elements. " not the right agent for my work."

EQ: 5/4/2021
Full request: 5/4/2021

YA contemporary: 78k

EQ: 6/23/2021
Form rejection: 6/23/2021

MG literary 51K

EQ: 5/21/21 52k memoir
Rejected: 5/26/21 with a nice “not the right agent for your work”. I’m ok, glad I got a response at all!

EQ on 05/12/21 and got a FR two hours later. Already knew paranormal ghost romance is not what she would prefer to take up so I am just grateful for a quick response.