Jessica Regel
I queried her earlier this week and just heard back this evening (definitely the only time I've heard back from an agent in the evening) that she wants an exclusive on the first 3 chapters. I have the full out with another agent, and honestly had just gotten back from Office Depot with supplies to start sending out the paper queries to the agencies that require them.
This thread has been so helpful. I feel like I now sort of know how to politely share my inability to honor the exclusive, but I wonder, do I have to offer more terms. Can I just ask if she is still interested in seeing it on a non-exclusive basis? I just sent out a batch of e-queries on Monday night and haven't heard from two of the other agents, and two from the previous week, so I could still get requests from them....
Any thoughts? I'm going to fire off an email pretty soon.
I queried her earlier this week and just heard back this evening (definitely the only time I've heard back from an agent in the evening) that she wants an exclusive on the first 3 chapters. I have the full out with another agent, and honestly had just gotten back from Office Depot with supplies to start sending out the paper queries to the agencies that require them.
This thread has been so helpful. I feel like I now sort of know how to politely share my inability to honor the exclusive, but I wonder, do I have to offer more terms. Can I just ask if she is still interested in seeing it on a non-exclusive basis? I just sent out a batch of e-queries on Monday night and haven't heard from two of the other agents, and two from the previous week, so I could still get requests from them....
Any thoughts? I'm going to fire off an email pretty soon.