A couple of years ago, I worked with an agent on shopping two novels. Ultimately neither one sold, but he certainly did his job of getting them out there. I went through a long period of not writing anything new, and it's been a good year and a half since we last had any contact.
I did not sign a contract with this agent, and his verbal policy on my future work was along the lines of take each book as it comes and we'll see if we want to work together.
He's pretty old-school and now, I've heard, semi-retired (not taking on new clients). Sometime in the next few months I'm going to have a new book I need representation for, and I think I'd like to find a much more editorial agent who's, well, not retiring.
I was kind of thinking of sending my former agent an email (a) thanking him profusely for his help in the past and (b) letting him know I'm looking for representation elsewhere. But my question is, does this sound totally bizarre since we haven't even spoken in so long? Is there just an assumption that I would've reached out if I wanted to work with him again, and only if? I'm not even totally sure he'll remember me at this point, lol.
Basically I don't want to send a presumptuous "thanks but no thanks in advance" letter.
I did not sign a contract with this agent, and his verbal policy on my future work was along the lines of take each book as it comes and we'll see if we want to work together.
He's pretty old-school and now, I've heard, semi-retired (not taking on new clients). Sometime in the next few months I'm going to have a new book I need representation for, and I think I'd like to find a much more editorial agent who's, well, not retiring.
I was kind of thinking of sending my former agent an email (a) thanking him profusely for his help in the past and (b) letting him know I'm looking for representation elsewhere. But my question is, does this sound totally bizarre since we haven't even spoken in so long? Is there just an assumption that I would've reached out if I wanted to work with him again, and only if? I'm not even totally sure he'll remember me at this point, lol.
Basically I don't want to send a presumptuous "thanks but no thanks in advance" letter.
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