adriandiglio
Scribe
Bottom Line Up Front: (if you want to know the context, please read below) An agent has held my manuscript for almost 3 months after his intern gave me a glowing review. I sent a follow up email 21 days ago, but no response. I have an opportunity to make a comment to the agent via Twitter, but I don't think that's an appropriate method of communicating. Has anyone experienced this type of thing before? How long should I wait? Is it bad to keep sending follow up emails? Should I try to talk to the agent's assistant on the side? Any advice is appreciated.
Background: I queried this agency regarding my manuscript. They requested the full manuscript for consideration. I sent it. The agent's intern read it and wrote a great review of my manuscript ending with the line: "I highly recommend this manuscript for consideration." She sent her review to myself and the literary agent. That process took 4 months.
Then the literary agent didn't respond for a while, but his intern had warned me in advance that he was busy and I should follow up in November 2012 (a month and a half later). After I followed up, he responded, "Thank you, we'll look into this." He then included a new assistant in this email (probably because the intern no longer works there).
So after he has held it in his possession for 2 months, I sent a follow up email in early January. . . with no response. Now it's been 21 days since I sent that email and long story short, I have the opportunity to ask him about it on Twitter, but I do not think Twitter is an appropriate medium for communicating this type of thing. How long would you wait for a response? Or would you send more follow up emails?
-Adrian
Background: I queried this agency regarding my manuscript. They requested the full manuscript for consideration. I sent it. The agent's intern read it and wrote a great review of my manuscript ending with the line: "I highly recommend this manuscript for consideration." She sent her review to myself and the literary agent. That process took 4 months.
Then the literary agent didn't respond for a while, but his intern had warned me in advance that he was busy and I should follow up in November 2012 (a month and a half later). After I followed up, he responded, "Thank you, we'll look into this." He then included a new assistant in this email (probably because the intern no longer works there).
So after he has held it in his possession for 2 months, I sent a follow up email in early January. . . with no response. Now it's been 21 days since I sent that email and long story short, I have the opportunity to ask him about it on Twitter, but I do not think Twitter is an appropriate medium for communicating this type of thing. How long would you wait for a response? Or would you send more follow up emails?
-Adrian