10 Things NOT To Say to an Agent or Editor # 6
# 6: “Hi, me again! Did you not get my other five messages?”
We know how tough it is to write and write and wonder if anybody cares. We’d love to be able to be more available to new writers and regret that we can only meet at conferences and events. But we also know we’d be useless to you, and everyone else, if we weren’t careful with our time.
So… we have a system. A submissions procedure and a follow-up procedure. It’s clearly laid out on our website.
The same is true of all other agents and publishing houses — who also make their preferences known, on their websites, or in listings, or directories. It really does make it easier for everyone if writers understand why this is necessary and cooperate.
Repeated “checking” communications can quickly feel like badgering and don’t help your manuscript along. They may even - human nature being what it is - cause it to be set aside. Like everyone else, agents and editors prefer to work with those who are easy to work with.
So check the guidelines before you submit. And then, try to be patient — even if it all takes what feels like an unfeasibly long time.
Thanks!
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