tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post2573724732287033102..comments2024-03-29T03:41:44.480-04:00Comments on Authoress: Secret Agent: Slight DelayAuthoresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09223228949688667517noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-8974451366760741712013-05-20T07:46:15.275-04:002013-05-20T07:46:15.275-04:00Thank you, tomalanbrosz -- I hate when things aren...Thank you, tomalanbrosz -- I hate when things aren't "perfect", even when it's no big deal. You've made me twitch a little less. ;-)<br /><br />Anon -- I hear you.Authoresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09223228949688667517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-79663402028257068392013-05-20T06:58:45.789-04:002013-05-20T06:58:45.789-04:00I hate 'no response means no'. My first in...I hate 'no response means no'. My first interaction with an agent was to contact them for a critique I had won. I waited a month, then nudged only to find out the email went to spam. :(<br /><br />It's made me incredibly paranoid about submitting to agents in the future. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-71228122388560051782013-05-20T00:12:33.356-04:002013-05-20T00:12:33.356-04:00That's fine with me.
I don't think people...That's fine with me.<br /><br />I don't think people who run these contests realize how nice it is for writers to know that by a given date you'll be told if you made it or not.<br /><br />Compare that to weeks (or months!) of waiting for an agent or publisher to respond, especially when many of them are now in the "no response means no" category. Sometimes I feel like I'm shoving my queries in bottles and tossing them into the Pacific.<br /><br />"You'll have to wait until Tuesday" is a breath of fresh arctic air by comparison!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com