Wolf Literary Services (Kirsten Wolf)

Hi, all. I queried Wolf Literary on 1-4 via email and have heard nothing yet. Should I consider this a rejection, or does it take a while longer? I have researched her agency, and she seems like a wonderful fit for me, so I was really excited to submit to her. I know, a newbie mistake, but I can't help it. So, should I update my query list with a rejection and move on to the next?

Oh....

Nevermind.

Received an R from a December 26th query/50 pgs. Today. Nice Valentine gift!

From what Query tracker tells me, it takes her about a month to respond. I won't worry unless it gets on 2 months without a response.

*crosses fingers* Here's hoping that I get a good response!

Victoria said:

Hi, all. I queried Wolf Literary on 1-4 via email and have heard nothing yet. Should I consider this a rejection, or does it take a while longer? I have researched her agency, and she seems like a wonderful fit for me, so I was really excited to submit to her. I know, a newbie mistake, but I can't help it. So, should I update my query list with a rejection and move on to the next?

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About 40% get a non-response rejection from Wolf (27% from Ranta), and only 3-4% of querytracker users (who are more query-sophisticated than average) get a positive response from either agent. These numbers are more or less typical. Even the most diligent agents don't respond sometimes, so you should send queries in groups of ten or or so.

Victoria said:

Hi, all. I queried Wolf Literary on 1-4 via email and have heard nothing yet. Should I consider this a rejection, or does it take a while longer? I have researched her agency, and she seems like a wonderful fit for me, so I was really excited to submit to her. I know, a newbie mistake, but I can't help it. So, should I update my query list with a rejection and move on to the next?

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You should be sending tons of queries out regardless of rejections or status. I did a thread on how many queries to send in Ask the Agent and there were people who said it took them 120 up to 250 to get an agent. So... keep on sending those queries!

Does she work for Gillian Mackenzie agency still? Or is this a different Kristen Wolf?

When in doubt, send out more queries...

Also, Query Tracker is a great site to help you organize your submissions, and see comments on each agent's response time and acceptance percentage.

Jamiekswriter said:

Does she work for Gillian Mackenzie agency still? Or is this a different Kristen Wolf?

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Same one. She does legal work for several agencies: "Wolf Literary Services provides legal and financial consulting to the publishing industry, with a client list that boasts more than a dozen prestigious literary agencies and other consulting companies."

I posted an interview with Ms. Ranta and one of her newest clients, Mindy McGinnis, on my blog this morning. If you're looking for query-writing tips or more information about Ms. Ranta, it might be helpful!

http://motherwrite.blogspot.com/2011/05/agent-author-chat-adriann-ranta-and.html

Any news about Ms. Ranta and/or Ms. Wofl?
Anyone submitting to them? How long are they taking to answer to queries?

JulianaHaygert said:

Any news about Ms. Ranta and/or Ms. Wofl?
Anyone submitting to them? How long are they taking to answer to queries?

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I just queried Ms. Wolf yesterday so I'll keep you posted.

I posted an interview with Adriann Ranta (my agent) on my blog, for those who are interested! http://michelle-krys.blogspot.ca/

Thanks for linking to your interview, MKrys!

I just emailed my query to "Kristen" rather than "Kirsten." Argh!

2 weeks ago I sent along my query and first 50 pages to Kirsten Wolf for my upper-middle grade book, COPERNICUS NERDICUS.

I received an e-mail approx. 6 hours later from Ms. Adriann Ranta stating that Kirsten is no longer taking on new clients, but she requested my full manuscript (she said she loved the title and it caught her eye lol).

full manuscript has been sent with confirmation and now it's time to play a waiting game while I continue to query and wait on other full requests.

Oh the joys of querying!

Here's to a wonderful title!

Just bumping this thread to see if there's any new information. I haven't been able to find any info on sales for Kirsten Wolf or Adriann Ranta. Their website is "under construction." Anyone have any info?

Thanks

Hello! *waves*

Anybody had any recent interaction with this agency? I'm thinking of querying soon (NA Fantasy Romance) and just want to keep up to date.

~Fleur

Sent query and 50 pages to Ms. Johnson 3/5, received form R 21/5. (For the numbers, I'm not on QueryTracker.)

EQ Adriann Ranta on 10/14/14
YA Post-Apocalyptic
Form R on 11/7/14

Bumping. Wondering if anyone has dealings recently?

Got a rejection from them after a week, so it seems they do respond anyway

A response is wonderful, even if it is a rejection. Though they still sting. How long did it take her to respond?