tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2903386787317265543.post5568834543146868069..comments2023-09-20T10:23:05.510+01:00Comments on With ink from the pink pen: A dilemmaColette McCormickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00383068332228040704noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2903386787317265543.post-34981446263808556442008-08-24T09:02:00.000+01:002008-08-24T09:02:00.000+01:00I hope I haven't but it was just a bit odd. It was...I hope I haven't but it was just a bit odd. It was as if they were looking at it for the first time. When I've queried things before I've had a personal reply.Colette McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00383068332228040704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2903386787317265543.post-26334817711260671662008-08-23T09:32:00.000+01:002008-08-23T09:32:00.000+01:00Hi Gonna beI'm relatively new to submitting to wom...Hi Gonna be<BR/><BR/>I'm relatively new to submitting to women's mags, but I think you were fully justified in querying a submission that had been out there for 9 months. I'm sure you haven't hacked the agent off by asking. Good luck with your other pieces.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06919354420843737481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2903386787317265543.post-82496181238162072002008-08-23T08:32:00.000+01:002008-08-23T08:32:00.000+01:00In an ideal world editors would work to a time fra...In an ideal world editors would work to a time frame like the rest of us but sadly it doesn't happen very often.Colette McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00383068332228040704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2903386787317265543.post-91991520457062310692008-08-22T09:59:00.000+01:002008-08-22T09:59:00.000+01:00It's impossible to know what they're thinking. Ho...It's impossible to know what they're thinking. <BR/><BR/>Hopefully you'll have more luck with the other two stories that they still have.Deborah Carr (Debs)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03223653554549707595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2903386787317265543.post-81056600516158847132008-08-22T08:58:00.000+01:002008-08-22T08:58:00.000+01:00This is one of the aspects of the publishing busin...This is one of the aspects of the publishing business that I really hate. Why on earth should we be pussy-footing around these people? What's wrong with having a simple time expectation set, even if it's a long time? This is just not reasonable behaviour on their part (nor ours, for that matter). In any other business, it would be normal to have an estimate of how long something will take, regardless of what the outcome will be.<BR/><BR/>When my turn comes, I'm going to ask them what their normal time for responses are. Perhaps I'll piss them off, but I don't see why they can't say "we don't know. but it won't take more than ?? months to decide". Maybe I'll ask various agents/editors/publishers this question <I>before</I> I submit anything to them.<BR/><BR/>As you can see, I'm not a big fan of this part of the procedure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2903386787317265543.post-22355929917619191792008-08-21T23:31:00.000+01:002008-08-21T23:31:00.000+01:00I so emphasise with that feeling - when you get a ...I so emphasise with that feeling - when you get a rejection soon after querying. But I'ms sure you haven't hacked off the editor; you left it a looong time before querying. Good luck with the other 2 she's got and the ones at other mags, too.<BR/><BR/>Thank you so much for your lovely comment on my blog about Charlie-dog and Tessa Buttons - it's great to meeet people who understand. I'm so, so glad I took the plunge and entered the Land of Blog.<BR/><BR/>Tessa B sends licks<BR/>PatPat Posnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09024751148905919332noreply@blogger.com