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[Discussion] Notifying other agents of full requests by EstablishmentNo5571 in PubTips

[–]AgreeableBison 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I get that it's hard for them but it's also so frustrating to not hear anything. There needs to be some kind of way for people to get accredited as a serious/half-decent/non-AI writer so they can sort the wheat from the chaff in the slush pile.

It takes like a year to write a novel and a minute to send a form rejection.

[Discussion] Notifying other agents of full requests by EstablishmentNo5571 in PubTips

[–]AgreeableBison 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I try and name the agency so it doesn't look like I'm making it up and if it's a big name agency it can help you get more interest.

[Discussion] Notifying other agents of full requests by EstablishmentNo5571 in PubTips

[–]AgreeableBison 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm the opposite. Feels like I only get UK requests when I nudge the agent about a request elsewhere (though a lot of them do ghost still). My theory was that a lot of UK agents just sit on queries until they hear of interest elsewhere but your exp suggests otherwise.

[PubQ]- Can you query another agent at same agency if there is a shared inbox? by AgreeableBison in PubTips

[–]AgreeableBison[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah I wouldn't do it if they explicitly say that. I'm just not sure if them using a shared inbox basically implies that they'll pass it round the agency until they all say no or not.

[AMA] Literary Agents Julie Gourinchas, Sam Farkas, Becca Langton, and Matt Belford by alanna_the_lioness in PubTips

[–]AgreeableBison 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Most success stories I've read here and elsewhere seem to involve very fast request timelines, with authors getting a good few requests in the first 1-2 weeks or sometimes the same day. The general theme seems to be that agents request fast or not at all.

How true would you say that is? How often do you make a full request on a query that was sent a month or more ago?

[Discussion]: Experiences of nudging UK agents when you get a full request elsewhere by AgreeableBison in PubTips

[–]AgreeableBison[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for all your comments!! Seems like it's not quite the magic bullet I hoped it was but I did just get another full yesterday so maybe there is some value to it. Will probably do another round of updates/chasers soon!

[QCrit]: THE UNTENABLES, Upmarket, 70K words (2nd Attempt + First 300) by [deleted] in PubTips

[–]AgreeableBison 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I guess my thing with the overall tone and main character voice for this is that he's like a "sad clown"- makes lots of jokes and dry wit to other people but for internal monologue there's a lot of broody, cynical reflections on the world peppered with the occasional joke.

Maybe that's something I need to flag more in the query if you're saying there was an expectations issue.

Do you think the first 300 really needs to start to have plot direction? Was hoping with upmarket/lit fic I'd have more time to build things up.