Joanna would like me to let all participants know that she had a last minute emergency spring up with an editor.
As I'm sure everyone's aware, we as agents love to host contests but sometimes things come up - and in the long run, our clients do come first. If you had an agent, would you be peeved if your agent chose to work on contest details instead of an emergency regarding your book?
Yea...you would... :)
Anyway, she'd like me to pass on the message that those of you who have not heard from her will definitely hear from her by 6 p.m. EST today....yes....an hour later than previously planned.
I told her it was just an hour, but Joanna rocks and doesn't like to keep people waiting. Definition of classy, if you ask me :)
~K
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Thank you to you both. :)
Very cool of her to let people know. But I don't think anybody would be devastated if they had to wait an extra day or two. I know I wouldn't. So if she needs more time, it's no big deal. Work should always come before contests.
Good to know! I've been anxiously waiting and worrying my email had been lost in the ether somewhere.
Ditto to Cameron's comment. Thanks for the update.
I was getting worried about my email too, but just got a response - thanks for letting us know! (And of course it's understandable!)
Ditto Jade - awesome of you to let us know!
Got my response on time. Thank you both so much!
If she asked us a question in her response, we're to assume it's rhetorical, right?
Should we assume if we haven't heard back by now that for whatever reason the email wasn't received during the contest window?
I found her comments incredibly helpful and I'm grateful to you both! Thanks again!
Ditto la Cameron. I'm curious, but I didn't wanna say anything.
I just got a partial request from her - woo hoo!
I already got my response... and I've been busily working on my query since then... :) Thanks again to both of you!
Hi everyone! I have officially answered to everyone who entered and followed the guidelines, and for those who did NOT follow guidelines, I did respond to them too, they just didn't get the honest response that the entries did. If you have not heard back at this point, then it didn't get through to me--I'm sorry! I plan to hold this again in the future though.
Thanks to all who participated! I just hope it was helpful!
PS - I finished answering all entries by 6:07--and finished all other queries after that. As of right now I am caught up on ALL email queries.
Hope that clarifies!
Joanna - Thanks for doing this. I'm wondering if you've checked your spam folder? I never heard back and just double-checked to see that my email was sent at 12:09, and I never got any kind of message indicating it didn't go through.
I missed this contest but very cool of both of you for doing this. I completely agree with the "Joanna rocks" statement.
Ditto to Cameron, but ah well. Maybe next time :) It was great of you guys to do this. Thanks again!
Did you guys send it to LiteraryNancy2@gmail.com (did you get the "2" in the email?)
This was fantastic, and so heartening. Although Joanna didn't ask for a ms., it was because it just wasn't up her alley. But she was very encouraging and said a different agent would feel differently.
Oh man, I am so happy to hear that! My day, she is made. :D
Thanks for giving us all the chance!
This was a wonderful idea for a contest! Thanks for giving us the opportunity.
@Kathleen: Yes, I triple-checked the address. I actually copied and pasted it from the contest post and then just replaced the (at) and (dot) with the proper characters.
@Cameron Hm...weird...I'll ask her to check her spam (though I think she thought to do that already) and will either have her or myself post here....
Hey, Cameron! I did respond to you--did you check your SPAM :)
I just forwarded my earlier response. Sorry for whatever the mix up was.
Yep, I checked it, too. But Saturday appears to have been Delilah's Unlucky Neck-breaking Day, so I wouldn't be surprised if something went awry.
Just wanted to say thanks...this was my first-ever query contest, and Jo asked for a partial! Very exciting. Thanks to all involved.
Ah-hah! Kathleen, it *was* my mistake. I didn't have the "2" in there. Drats!
Still, you guys are both awesome to do this. Thanks again for sacrificing your time, Joanna!