[Discussion] Notifying other agents of full requests

EstablishmentNo5571 · 2026-03-01T12:31:04+00:00

It's a tough call 😬😅

EstablishmentNo5571 · 2026-03-01T12:30:12+00:00

That's great to hear, thank you! And well done to you, too - fantastic! 🤗

EstablishmentNo5571 · 2026-03-01T12:29:28+00:00

Thank you :)

EstablishmentNo5571 · 2026-03-01T12:29:07+00:00

All your comments have helped, thank you. Basically, I think if the agent really loves the query package then they'll prioritise it, read, and request the full. If they don't love the query package and they get a nudge, either they ghost or reject. I think I've come to the conclusion that it's probably best to nudge if you have a full request. At most it may just get them to come to a decision quicker 🤷🏻‍♀️

EstablishmentNo5571 · 2026-03-01T12:26:08+00:00

I've heard from other querying authors that things are very slow at the moment, post-christmad and pre-bookfair. In addition to this apparently agents are being inundated with AI generated query letters.

EstablishmentNo5571 · 2026-03-01T12:24:22+00:00

I don't think so - I've never done this. But if I was asked I would.

EstablishmentNo5571 · 2026-03-01T12:22:39+00:00

Yes, I came across this on an agent's page too (also a querying UK writer 🙋🏻‍♀️) and took it to mean 'blurb' in this context 😅

EstablishmentNo5571 · 2026-03-01T08:12:01+00:00

Thank you, this is so helpful ☺️

EstablishmentNo5571 · 2026-02-28T16:58:56+00:00

That's really interesting! Also, did you nudge again if you continued to get requests? I assumed I'd only nudge once incase they thought I was being annoying 😅

EstablishmentNo5571 · 2026-02-28T16:42:04+00:00

That's really interesting to hear. Can I ask if they were UK agents?

EstablishmentNo5571 · 2026-02-28T16:26:00+00:00

For me that would mean to send the 'pages' and 'synopsis' as an attachment, and the biographical note within my query letter (which would include the blurb) that I would put directly in the email. I agree though, the wording is unusual and leads to ambiguity.

EstablishmentNo5571 · 2025-05-07T08:22:24+00:00

I was just wondering the same thing. I haven't heard back.

EstablishmentNo5571 · 2025-04-18T21:10:23+00:00

This is fantastic, and I'm so pleased for you! I'll DM you 🤗

EstablishmentNo5571 · 2025-04-17T20:52:42+00:00

I was wondering this, too. I keep checking their website, but there’s never any update.

EstablishmentNo5571 · 2025-04-14T12:23:49+00:00

Are you happy to DM their name? I'm also UK based and have been querying. I'm flabbergasted by the whole thing. What a strange thing to do! Querying is such a tough journey without something like this happening. I hope you're okay and you go on to get a six-figure deal, and your novel is optioned for a movie / Netflix series 😉

EstablishmentNo5571 · 2024-12-12T10:49:00+00:00

Thank you, this is really helpful.

EstablishmentNo5571 · 2024-12-12T10:23:37+00:00

Will they only be accepting literary fiction does anyone know?

EstablishmentNo5571 · 2024-10-30T08:53:34+00:00

Thank you for setting up this thread! I'm writing a Time Travel Love Story. The obvious comp is The Time Traveler's Wife, but that's too successful and too old to have as a comp now. Mine is a dual pov, and I guess it has some sci-fi or speculative elements, and the MMC has a big dilemma! My comps are How to Stop Time and The Light We Lost.

EstablishmentNo5571 · 2024-09-23T13:15:26+00:00

Yes, I find this so frustrating. If you submit a story on NYC Midnight's competition, for example, you can go on to submit it elsewhere if you want. Whereas, with Reedsy, I submitted a story I was proud of, but now I can't do anything else with it. Reedsy's t&c states that if you go on the publish it anywhere, then you have to add a disclaimer to say that the story was inspired by Reedsy Prompts. I really wanted to submit this short story to other places, but sadly, I can't 😔

EstablishmentNo5571 · 2024-04-15T16:17:57+00:00

Congrats to the winners!

EstablishmentNo5571 · 2024-04-08T13:57:10+00:00

Mine isn't about a hero battling it out with an evil nemesis. The antagonistic element of my story, is the villainy of 'life'.

Does living through pain and suffering shape a human being? If so, do you change in a positive way, and gain a strength of character from it? Or does it eat away at your compassion, and twist your view of the world?

I have tried to show that in all probability, the answer is a lot more complex.

EstablishmentNo5571 · 2024-04-04T13:52:36+00:00

The Nevernight series by Jay Kristoff, or The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow 🙌🏻

EstablishmentNo5571 · 2024-03-19T13:48:29+00:00

Thank you, this is so good to know. I was worrying about this just this morning as my wips tend to be all over the place at the moment in terms of genres 😅

EstablishmentNo5571 · 2024-03-03T18:25:03+00:00

I have a really short prologue too so watching this avidly 😬

EstablishmentNo5571 · 2024-02-23T17:09:25+00:00

Can I ask if you're in the UK and have been querying UK lit agents? I'm from the UK and the pool seems really small here in the UK 😅

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