Life seems to be a waiting game. Every day. You wait in lines, wait for food to be ready, the laundry to be dry. In this day and age we've come to want everything immediately- an instant gratification society. I can't say I enjoy waiting, but I do try to make the most of my time. Hate to rush life by.
But I do hate waiting to hear from an agent. Man that is excruciating! Not so much the query letters...but a partial. It's step one in the journey. It may be the only step you get. It's excruciating to sit back and just wait to see if you'll be moving your career forward...or not.
My partial has been with the agent I met with at The Write Stuff conference for over a month now...close to 5 weeks. Her website says 10-12 weeks for partial requests...so I know I need to sit back and chill. But it's so hard!!
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Yes. Waiting sucks. I totally feel you, I'm waiting too. Always waiting. *sigh*
ReplyDeleteYes...always waiting!!!!
ReplyDeleteI have 13 days left to the three month mark on the partial I sent out. I hear you on the waiting. Please pray for me she wants the full.
ReplyDeleteYuck......that is excruciating!!!! Fingers crossed for you!
ReplyDeleteOh boy! Good luck waiting :) That's hard for me as well.
ReplyDeleteYour LPI book is coming out soon!
It is! I am very much looking forward to it!!
ReplyDelete10-12 weeks seems like forever, but in Agent World, it's pretty good. I actually had an agent reply to a query after 2 YEARS had gone by. Heh. Needless to say, I had not been waiting around on him, and the book I'd queried was sold -- almost released, in fact. Back in my querying days, if 6 months had gone by, I figured it was either A)a "no" or B)for the best because I really didn't want to work with somebody who would expect others to wait on such a ridiculous timeframe.
ReplyDeleteStill crossing my fingers for ya!
Unfortunately, there is too often the "no answer means no", which I think it just awful. I'd rather have a form letter rejection over nothing. Luckily though, this agent does reply to all queries and partials- says so on their website- and they give the average time for a response.
ReplyDeleteI agree. Waiting is the MOST painful part of the process for authors. I just keep trying to tell myself that 3 months drags for me, but probably breezes by for the agents, with how many queries and manuscripts they have to review weekly, in addition to negotiating deals on behalf of their clients ... still ... I currently have 2 fulls and 2 partials out and under review, and it takes all my energy NOT to think about it, or wonder if and when my phone will ever ring. (ring, phone, ring!!!)
ReplyDeleteHeh. Maybe waiting is why writing is so closely associated with alcoholism.
ReplyDeleteLOL Veronica!! Gotta do something to make the time go by fast!!
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