Nathan Bransford - The Forums

I am curious about what is the average time span. This past Monday, I sent off my partial to the literary agent I queried. Agent query states that it usually takes a month or two before they reply, yet here I find that people are hearing back within two-three weeks.

The reason I am asking is because the next two weeks are my final-prep and finals week, and I want to figure out how much time I should get aside for the query process, or more importantly, will the next two weeks matter?

Also, for my future reference, should I have sent a SASE with my partial? I looked all over the internet, but none of the websites mentioned anything about it.

BlancheKing wrote:I am curious about what is the average time span. This past Monday, I sent off my partial to the literary agent I queried. Agent query states that it usually takes a month or two before they reply, yet here I find that people are hearing back within two-three weeks.

The reason I am asking is because the next two weeks are my final-prep and finals week, and I want to figure out how much time I should get aside for the query process, or more importantly, will the next two weeks matter?

Also, for my future reference, should I have sent a SASE with my partial? I looked all over the internet, but none of the websites mentioned anything about it.

I think it depends on the agent and how busy they are. I've heard some partials take a few months, fulls up to four (whoa!). My full went out on Feb. 12 (I think) and I got my reply this morning.

~JD