Two weeks after she sent the proposal to three publishers, Vicki had still not received any responses – and so on Friday morning, she called them all.
Friday's a tricky day to call New York editors, Vicki tells me, because they traditionally work only half a day. (Must be nice.) But she did manage to get through to all of their admins, who promised that the editors would call back later Friday morning or on Monday.
One of them did call back later that day... yes, she had received the proposal... no, she hadn't read it yet... yes, she'd read it over the weekend. Vicki tells me that that's pretty typical, part of her job is to "prod" (nag?) the editors until they actually read the proposals. Today is Tuesday, Vicki still hasn't heard back from the editor. Either she wasn't impressed, or she hasn't read it yet. (I prefer to believe the latter, of course.)
The second editor called back today, Vicki talked to him at length and explained to him why the book will be so exciting (at least, that's what I hope she told him), he promised to read the proposal soon. I guess nagging... I mean prodding... does work.
Haven't heard from the third editor yet.
Vicki warned me that selling the book could take a while. Now I'm starting to see why.
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