EQ: 7/31/19

No response as of today! I think I might be in the "maybe" pile.

109k YA sci fi/fantasy

EQ: 6/19/19
Nudge with offer of publication: 8/17/19
FR (said I had been in the maybe pile): 8/19/19 (sent same day)
Polite rejection: 8/27/19

So, I just signed with Bridget, & here's my timeline:

Queried: 06/10/2019
Full Request: 06/18/2019
Offer of Rep: 08/16/2019


This may have been somewhat accelerated by the fact that Bridget had previously offered on another book of mine years ago & knew this query was coming, plus I had an offer of rep from another agent in early August that sped up the process. So don't panic if your numbers are different, especially if you queried her right when she opened back up upon changing agencies. I'm the jerk who butted in line, sorry. But I'm outta the way now! Good luck, everybody, whether it's Bridget or another great agent who needs to discover your work.

EQ: 8/9/19
Insanity wolf move on 8/16: I sent her an updated version of my first 5 pages based on feedback from another agent.
ER: 8/30/19

Literary Science Fiction, 150k

Maura, I queried on the day she opened (I think?) on 10 June, and I still haven't had a reply. I was thinking I should resend it but she actually noted my query on Twitter (because I'd tried Gmail's email scheduling which accidentally sent it a bit too early, and she said it was fine). So I thought she'd reply by now but maybe I'll hold on.

Maura_Jortner, I am too. Same timing. I take it we're in the maybe pile. Hope it's not too long before she takes that second look, since this is only the query stage.

Congratulations to whoever’s YA recently received an offer of rep from Bridget! She seems like a lovely person to work with!

@tmaulhardt and @maura_jortner Bridget is well known for her maybe pile. She holds onto queries to mull over for quite some time. More time is good in this case.

I submitted to her at the end of June. Haven't heard anything. Anyone else in this boat?

Nice form rejection because I deserve to have someone who is "more enthusiastic."

I'm noticing that there are very few CNRs on this agent's timeline. But there are many, like me, who have exceeded 60 days with no reply. Should I CNR her? Or is she known to be very slow with a query reply?

Sent by email - 08/01/2019
Email Rejection - 08/09/2019
YA Dystopian/Post-Apocalyptic 88k
Isn't the right fit for my list at this time.

@survivorextraordinaire
It's actually the AAR profile and her twitter too, I think. http://aaronline.org/Sys/PublicProfile/6770469
Anyway. Looks like lots of people haven't done it, so that helps answer my question. :)

I somehow missed her instruction to put her name in the subject of my query. Just wondering if anyone else made that mistake and still got an answer?

@Diospyros I’m not sure where you’re seeing the instruction to put her name in the subject line of the query? I just reread her agent page on Jabberwocky’s site, as well as the submissions page, and I don’t see that anywhere

Hi Diospyros, she it looks like she has a specific email for queries, querybridget@awfulagent.com, so I didn't put her name in the subject either. (Were we supposed to?)