Uwe Stender

· 3 Mar 2020

Dr. Uwe Stender @UweStenderPhD

@twixsftbl I hope you will get multiple offers. Talk to ALL of them, ask them any question you want. Ask them how many clients they have, how quickly they respond to your emails once you are a client. Decide who YOU like the most, don't worry about their sales. Then pick THE one...

Replying to @UweStenderPhD

IF they don't do IRL what they claimed to do during the call, fire them and get a new agent who does what they say they will do.

· 3 Mar 2020

Shanice Littlejohn is revising @twixsftbl

@UweStenderPhD Whats the best way to pick an agent if you get multiple acceptances? I haven’t queried yet and would be SO HAPPY to have just one. But I’d like to know the process if I get more than one.

Replying to @twixsftbl

I hope you will get multiple offers. Talk to ALL of them, ask them any question you want. Ask them how many clients they have, how quickly they respond to your emails once you are a client. Decide who YOU like the most, don't worry about their sales. Then pick THE one...

· 26 Feb 2020

Seabrooke Carder @SeabrookeN

@UweStenderPhD Thanks. :) Do you as an agent appreciate getting nudges, or is it mostly for the writer’s reassurance?

Replying to @SeabrookeN

GREAT question. IF I genuinely did not get to it for whatever reason I RELISH a nudge. HOWEVER, IF you nudge me when you received a specific out of office message that states not to nudge me I will just delete. And, YES, I DO remember when I utilized an out of office message.

· 26 Feb 2020

D.A. Prischmann @DA_Prischmann

@UweStenderPhD Hello, do you sign authors on a project by project basis, or on a long-term / career basis? Thanks!

Replying to @DA_Prischmann

Only career. UNLESS you are Rihanna or Zoë Kravitz, then I would be flexible and just rep whatever you deem me worthy of repping.

· 26 Feb 2020

Seabrooke Carder @SeabrookeN

@UweStenderPhD Is there any point/benefit in nudging an agent who’s had your full for a while? (eg. several months.) Or is it unlikely to speed them up, just adds to the clutter in their inbox, and you’re best off just patiently waiting? #askagent

Replying to @SeabrookeN

I think 3 months is a reasonable time to follow up.

· 26 Feb 2020

Lisa Springer @LisaSkylarkin

@UweStenderPhD If you receive a query and it's not for you, do you share with others in the office if it may be a better fit?

Replying to @LisaSkylarkin

Yes, I do. Either by literally forwarding the query to someone here, OR by urging the writer to query someone else specifically.

· 26 Feb 2020

Steven L Fritz @StevenLFritz1

@UweStenderPhD I've read that comps should be about a comparable audience, not comparable theme. I.e., people who liked X will like my new novel Y. Is there anything to that?

Replying to @StevenLFritz1

Not in my opinion. I'd go with theme over audience.

· 26 Feb 2020

A. W. Fleck (is drafting) 🌞🌙✨🔮 @awfleck

@UweStenderPhD Real question #2: This new adult genre, is it really a thing? And if so, would you represent it? Think an MC who's 20-21. Thank you!

Replying to @awfleck

I personally love it, but publishers (despite what they occasionally claim) frankly don't, so that is an additional hurdle. Not a categorical NO, but hurdle #19427.

· 26 Feb 2020

A. W. Fleck (is drafting) 🌞🌙✨🔮 @awfleck

@UweStenderPhD Okay for a real question: If you pass on a writer's book, can they query you at a later date with an explanation of changes made for reconsideration?

Replying to @awfleck

Sure.

· 26 Feb 2020

Steven L Fritz @StevenLFritz1

@UweStenderPhD How important is a title in an agent query?

Replying to @StevenLFritz1

Not very unless it is totally ridiculous.

· 26 Feb 2020

Julie L Whitehead @julielwhitehea1

@UweStenderPhD Do suggest querying a memoir with a full draft complete or on proposal (I know you've said you're only interested in celeb memoir now, but I was wondering what the general rules were).

Replying to @julielwhitehea1

In my, unreliable, opinion, as I am not really open to it, I think you will need the full. But I am not THE expert on that.

· 26 Feb 2020

Robert Valletta @RVallettaWriter

@UweStenderPhD @heyjomachin What's the best way for a debut author to get a query read and responded to by an agent?

Replying to @RVallettaWriter

Write a great query. I even respond if the query isn't great, unless you query stuff I don't rep or otherwise violate submission guidelines. But if it isn't a query that works for me, I will pass. Write another book, write another query.

· 26 Feb 2020

L. Ryan Storms @LRyan_Storms

@UweStenderPhD You've often said you like just about any genre & are open to all queries. Do you have a favorite genre?

Replying to @LRyan_Storms

I don't. I get bored easily.

· 26 Feb 2020

Brianna Lynne is Editing @BriannaLynneYA

@UweStenderPhD In regards to the recent conversations on YA SF being “dead”, is it okay to present a pre-dystopian story as “near-future contemporary” in a query?

Replying to @BriannaLynneYA

Yesterday, @alechiawrites's brilliant THE SOUND OF STARS was released, so much for YA SF being dead. Write what you feel compelled to write. Who are the self proclaimed "experts" who determine life or death? I wouldn't listen to rumors by "keyboard" experts. Write YOUR book.

· 26 Feb 2020

Joy Eilene @joyeilene

@UweStenderPhD What advice do you have for evaluating the pacing of a draft? And what is your approach to those sorts of big-picture revisions from an agent's perspective?

Thanks for your time! #askagent

Replying to @joyeilene

Honestly, I either LOVE it or DON'T. If I love it, then we will fix whatever, if I don't, I will pass.

· 26 Feb 2020

Elissa McColl @ElissaMccoll

@UweStenderPhD What's some approximate numbers for # of queries, # of request and # of new clients signed in a given time frame for you and/or your agency?

Replying to @ElissaMccoll

I can't speak for the agency. For me, and my incredible assistant @l_e_thompson, 15,000 or more a year *about 41 daily, likely more*. The rest depends on variables. Maybe 20-40 monthly requests. The rest depends on other variables.