EQ: 7/17/17
Full Request: 7/18/17

YA Dark Fantasy, 92k

jenniwood731, thanks so much! I know some agents have personal e-mails for clients only, so I didn't want to overstep

JessyMontgomery, use his specific email. I don't think he gets the ones sent to the agency one

have you guys been using the general submissions e-mail or his specific one at the agency?

EQ: APR 02
NUDGED: JULY 15, with revised manuscript

Thanks, jenniwood731 and noranne.

Nancy, I believe so. I included a synopsis after my pages just to be on the safe side, but I think as long as your query has those elements you'll be on the right track.

Nancy, that is how I took it.

Does anyone know if the “brief synopsis and bio” mentioned on the submission page is just a way of saying they want those elements in the query letter?
Thanks!

EQ: June 29th
ER: June 30th

EQ: 6/15
Full Request: 6/16
Sent: 6/16
Note saying ms was received 6/19
Contemporary Fantasy 78K
And now, we wait.

Email Query: 6/15/17
Form Rejection: 6/15/17

121k military space opera

EQ: 12/27/14 (not kidding)
FR: 12/29/14 (not kidding)
SENT: 12/29/14
NUDGE: 02/15/15 no response
NUDGE: 06/01/15 no response (so I gave up)

ER: 02/11/16 received a 'I appreciate your query but I'm not open for new queries email'

REPLIED TO HIM 02/11/16 and mentioned that I had sent a query originally in 2014 and asked if the email I received meant he wasn't interested in the full manuscript to which he replied oh no that message was sent by mistake you're still under consideration.....REALLY? a year and three months later he sends a final rejection email 03/11/16.

I wish others luck with this agent and faster responses, because this was more than a little ridiculous in my opinion.

One general rule of thumb I've heard is that you shouldn't do any nudging in the first three months after a submission. An agent is obviously prioritizing his or her own clients, then going over queries and making other requests, so it's good to be patient and understand that even a full request--unless they were clearly super excited about it--is not going to be read immediately. It's definitely not wrong to nudge after 6 months, and if you still haven't heard from them after nearly a year, it's time to nudge, or else accept the possibility that your full request may be a non-response rejection.

Do any of you have advice on when (or if) to nudge Leon on a full request?