4/19/18 Lit Fic 74K EQ + 10
5/23/18 CNR

EQ: 3/31/18
romantic suspense 96K
CNR: 5/1/18

EQ: 1/28/18 Query + first 10 pages
Literary Fiction 110k

EQ 11-13
Nudge with offer 11-17
FR 11-17
ER 12-5 Pass with nice note about what he liked in ms, but no clear vision for how to sell it.

Queried 07/17/2017
I'm going to accept that he passed. 10/29/2017

EQ: 8/25
CNR: 10/11

Mr. Ballard states he will usually get back in about 3-4 weeks and only responds if interested.

9/8 EQ
9/18 ER

Like Katieg6622, I let him know that my manuscript is getting over eight requests, in less than 2 minutes, he reached out, he let me know that he did look at my sample, didn't feel like he'd be the best agent for it, but was confident that other agents will have a better vision for it. He seems like a nice guy!

EQ: 6/27 YA, 68K #MSWL CNR: 7/14

EQ: 6/5/17
ER: 6/12/17

I followed up 6/12 letting him know I'd gotten three other MS requests, and he promptly responded: "I really appreciate the heads up. From your query, though, I can tell this isn't going to be my thing. (The narrative device is a little commercial for my contacts.) But that's very exciting that you've gotten so much positive feedback!

Good luck, and I'll keep an eye out for the book."

EQ: 5/14

Pop Culture/Young Adult, 105K

I didn't log the dates, but I queried Noah last spring on a 100,000 word narrative nonfiction manuscript. I think he replied in 1 or 2 months asking for a full. After 8 weeks of not hearing back, I emailed him. He got back immediately, aplogized, and said he'd been extremely busy traveling. He does a lot of conferences. He read my manuscript, turned it down, but gave me a detailed critique. We exchanged several emails back and forth. Based on his critique, I hired a developmental editor to help me fix the plot execution. It was invaluable. I took a while to re-edit and began querying again in the fall/winter. And that's where I am now. He is an incredibly nice person. Anyone would be lucky to have him as an agent.

5/1/17 Accepted offer of representation from other agent.

EQ 11/7/17 (Diplomatic Immunity)
CNR 1/6/17 (No response from nudge.) Will try Kerry with Venom next month.

From the Curtis Brown website on Noah's page:

"He reviews all queries sent to him within three to four weeks, but will respond only if interested."

So one can safely assume you can close it out after 4 weeks. There's nothing on their submissions page about not being able to submit to another agent in the agency if one agent passes.

On the timelime Noah, though, does seem to take very little from the slush. Not a reason not to submit, but I do feel as if I'm sending queries into the far reaches of cyberspace when they are non-responders... sometimes there is a sign of life... but very seldom. But we do it for those outlier chances, so put it out there, hope for the best and forget about it.

EQ: 8/23

YA DARK FANTASY 70k

EQ 5/25/16 (Requery Venom)
ER 9/14/16 (Passed after nudge--not right for his list.) Will try him with CR or new ms later this year.