Sean Frazier
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If it's any consolation to all the writers out there, I just received a rejection from a query...that I sent over two years ago.

(the book in question is under contract anyway)

Don't query and wait around. Keep pushing forward, always!

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09:45 AM - Feb 10, 2023
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J. D. Richards
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In response to Sean Frazier.
Is getting a response 2 years later common or considered inside the bounds of good querying etiquette? That just seems comically long to expect a querying author to hang on a hope for that length of time. Especially if it were generic auto-form feedback, why bother?
11:34 PM - Feb 10, 2023
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Sean Frazier
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In response to J. D. Richards.
Definitely not common. Usually six months at the longest, MAYBE a year. I've had responses in 10 minutes, too lol (rejection).

We writers always want to be heard, so a response is great.

But, like...after that long? What are the chances the book is still querying at that point?
09:15 AM - Feb 11, 2023
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