Susan Graham
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Einstein Literary
would love to be stabbed by Jim, professional hype man (agent at @Einstein_Lit opinions my own) #friendship #teamwork art by @anuanew , pn they/them (agender)

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Susan, A Graham @Grahamophones
Honestly, the number of submissions ELM gets saying they are exclusive, just to our submissions - we are CONSISTENTLY backlogged, & I mostly work from oldest to newest. Other agencies get behind too! It could be MONTHS wherein no eyes are on your ms & then they pass. #querytipVery seriously. #querytip
tldr: don't be exclusive with an agent unless they ask you to, it doesn't serve you or your work.

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Honestly, the number of submissions ELM gets saying they are exclusive, just to our submissions - we are CONSISTENTLY backlogged, & I mostly work from oldest to newest. Other agencies get behind too! It could be MONTHS wherein no eyes are on your ms & then they pass. #querytip

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Susan, A Graham @Grahamophones
ACTUAL thing, hill I will die on, creators #querytip #subtip - do NOT be exclusive with you unless an agent ASKS you to be. And even then, maybe only be exclusive with them if they're actively giving you a lot of notes, and then as a gesture of good faith - you both are giving--each other a fair chance. But otherwise? SERVE YOUR WORK. Get it in front of as many people as possible! If no one sees your work? No one will represent your work! Or buy your work! #querytip

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I've now gotten six submissions from different folks in the past few days addressed to David - there is no David at ELM. If somebody named David is telling people he's an agent at @Einstein_Lit, he... is not. Small PSA. #subtip #querytip

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#querytip - Please do not address your query Dear (Agent's Name) or Dear Agent. If you can google our submissions address, you can presumably also google (at least one of) our names. Do your research & put in the effort. Why should we care about your book if it seems you don't?

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