Listed clients' books not my genre

Guys, I’m not here to tell you what to do, but take it from someone who’s been there and done that. When an agent treats queriers badly (I don’t mean CNR policy but ghosting requests, stringing along etc) they will almost always treat you badly as their client at some point. That’s why on my third search I always read the comments....

ETA: no, she wasn’t my agent, but I just took her off the query list. Nobody has time for that.

Wow - what a day! Two rejections from slooooow agents. Erica at nearly 7 months, and another at nearly 9 months. In the time since I requested them, I got an agent on a DIFFERENT project. While I appreciate that some agents want to respond to everyone, after three or so months, unless it's a request, don't bother! We know it's a no.

@Whitegardenia, problem solved! She rejected me @79 days today. Adult/YA graphic novel.

FQ: 1/11/2021
closed/NR 4/4/2021

YA Fantasy

@missplum, simply withdraw your query.

Queried on 2/2/2021 on graphic novel.

So annoying that she's so slow on her responses when there are a gazillion agents at Aevitas and some of them are possibles if she passes -- but I can't query them until she gets back to me (100+ days if ever?) because of their rule against simultaneous queries.

FQ: 11/16
ER: 3/7

88k YA science fantasy

Profile Update: Closed to queries.

11/4/20 FQ
2/21/21 Form Rejection (same as the one pasted in the comment from 8/29/20)

Commercial Fiction/NA 60K

@JustinJoseph I would submit anyway. Consider it practice for real-life publishing ... which moves at a glacial pace. The worst you can hear is silence. But you won't hear, "Yes!" if you don't submit. At this stage in your career, you pretty much must collect rejections before anything else. Again, consider it practice for the day when someone on Amazon review says you can't write.

In the meantime, start writing another book. If it takes an agent 100 days to respond, you should have another project finished by that time. Once again, consider that practice for becoming a professional.

And good luck!

EQ: 2.3.2020
FR: 2.28.2020
Nudge: 7.28.2020 (responded apologizing for backup)
Nudge with revised MS: 10.29.2020 (she responded 11.25 confirming)
Withdrew my Full 2.16.2021

I realize it takes time to read Fulls but nearly a year is too long for me, especially when she closed to queries to catch up within that year and still never got to my Full. She may still be a great agent for others but at my writing speed I don't think we are compatible (I've finished two MS since her request). Best of luck to everyone else!


84K YA Contemporary Dark Fantasy

Form Q: 11/3/20
ER: 2/14/21

SF 83K

FQ: 1/19/21

YA, Cont 57K

@ohalen Thanks for that. Much appreciated :-)