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Dr. Sarah Kelly @skellybacken
@mushenska #askagentI chased up (politely) an agent who asked me for a full MS some weeks ago and have still heard nothing - is it best to assume they鈥檙e not interested or worth a follow-up? Thanks 馃檹馃徎
If this is me, please chase because I likely simply haven't got to it yet. #AskAgent
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Hina Malik @dodgyjammer
#askagent if you have two projects that could interest an agent, do you submit as two separate subs or as one email?I would pick your strongest and just submit that #AskAgent
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David Garlick @CoveredInHair
@julietpickering @jounwin @LittleHardman @mushenska#AskAgent what鈥檚 the financial cut if an agent takes you on % wise-and does this vary? Or are there too many intricate details to answer this conclusively?
15% home market, 20% overseas and in film #AskAgent
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Clare Zinkin (MinervaReads) @minervamoan
Hello. Thanks for answering questions here. Would you expect to sign a writer before asking them to do major changes to a manuscript? Or would you ask them to do the changes first and then sign? #askagentIt would depend how much work was needed. If a lot of work, I wouldn't offer rep until I had seen revisions as I don't think that would fair on the author. #AskAgent
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John Huw Evans @JohnHuwEvans2
#AskAgentWill agents represent people across a political divide.
I'm asking based on an agency representing "celebrity politicians" I personally dislike.
I can't imagine them being a home for me.
I think it's perfectly fair as a writer to take a look at a client list and feel it doesn't fit your own beliefs/leanings, and take that into account when submitting. #AskAgent
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John Huw Evans @JohnHuwEvans2
#AskAgentAre there any categories or combinations of categories that agents will turn down without even reading? Ignoring obvious social taboos
If it is a genre I don't represent or outside my personal reading tastes but looks intriguing I might have a quick glance to see if it is something to pass on to a colleague but otherwise no. #AskAgent
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Debbi Voisey @DublinWriter
@mushenska Would you (or any agent, do you think?) ever consider reading a submission you have previously passed on again, if the author did considerable work on it? 馃槉 #askagentOnly if I've specifically requested to see it again after the work #AskAgent
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tastestrange @lewisjcwilliams
Hi. Do you dismiss queries without reading the attached documents? I write my query letter in an objective manner and therefore it does not reflect the prose of the book. ...(it would sound strange if it did!) #askagentnormally I read some of the pages unless there is a very glaring reason not to! #AskAgent
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Peter Newman @pajnewman
@mushenska #askagent Thanks for all your tips and answers, glad you鈥檙e holding up ok in these times. How/or should authors go about asking other authors for pull quotes or is this something you as an agent would handle?it's something the publisher would handle #AskAgent
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Clare Zinkin (MinervaReads) @minervamoan
Hello. Thanks for answering questions here. Would you expect to sign a writer before asking them to do major changes to a manuscript? Or would you ask them to do the changes first and then sign? #askagentdepends how big the changes are! If they're very big I'd normally ask for a 'revise and resubmit', and might offer rep based on that. Otherwise, I'd need to be sure we were on the same page #AskAgent
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Sophie Draper @sophiedraper9
@mushenska @skellybacken completely understand - does that change if you have an offer of representation and worried about keeping them waiting too long for an answer? #askagentIt's normal to let the offering agent know within a week or so, and to tell everyone else you need an answer by then #AskAgent
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Stewart Clyde @StewartClyde_
@mushenska If my novel is self-published, can I still submit it, and if so, would a publisher still consider it?#askingforafriend
you can but I might worry that it's already reached its sales potential. It's not a hard rule of mine though #AskAgent
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Liz Harvey @lizlaumiere
Hello! Does the current uncertainty around publishing/economics/not knowing what will/won鈥檛 sell in the future mean that agents are less likely to offer representation at the moment? Thanks #askagentNot for me. If anything, I might more up for taking risks l since I feel less able to predict the future. #AskAgent
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John Huw Evans @JohnHuwEvans2
@mushenska I'm thinking more of unstated dislikes that are just a non-no like combining crime with SFFI'd guess those would vary agent on agent, and I'd try and mention them in my submissions page #AskAgent
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Liz Harvey @lizlaumiere
Hello! Does the current uncertainty around publishing/economics/not knowing what will/won鈥檛 sell in the future mean that agents are less likely to offer representation at the moment? Thanks #askagentI'm still signing clients and still selling books #AskAgent
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E.P. Larrson lives in a dumpster fire @E_P_LWB
#AskAgent I鈥檝e seen different ranges for acceptable adult fantasy word counts (specifically between UK and US agents). For UK, what would you consider to be the acceptable word count for adult fantasy debuts?The majority are 100k-120k words. The longest debut fantasy I have sold was 150k #AskAgent
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John Huw Evans @JohnHuwEvans2
#AskAgentAre there any categories or combinations of categories that agents will turn down without even reading? Ignoring obvious social taboos
it depends on the agent! I list the genres I don't represent on my submission page so if I get a submission in one of those genres I wouldn't read it #AskAgent
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Dr. Sarah Kelly @skellybacken
@mushenska #askagentI chased up (politely) an agent who asked me for a full MS some weeks ago and have still heard nothing - is it best to assume they鈥檙e not interested or worth a follow-up? Thanks 馃檹馃徎
It depends on how many weeks it's been - I think after 8 weeks fine to nudge, and do remember that right now some agents are slower because of illness/childcare etc. #AskAgent