Last year I dove into the query trenches for the first time. Got a handful of full-manuscript requests, and some great personal feedback, but no offers after 79 queries. Agent A requested the full manuscript of Book #1 last June, and I'd heard nothing from them by the end of the year, at which point all of my other queries had been closed out for a couple of months. Agent A has a track record of ghosting on full, so I decided to let it be and focus on querying Book #2. (Yes, I should have nudged them. 20/20 hindsight.)
I started querying Book #2 in January. Then, last week, I got an offer on Book #2, from Agent B. So I notified all my open queries on Book #2. And while I was at it, I notified Agent A as well.
Now Agent A wants to set up a call. (To be clear, we haven't spoken yet so I don't know if it's an R&R or an offer from Agent A. I'd be perfectly happy being repped by Agent B.)
My question: does it matter that my offer is on another book? How do I broach that subject with Agent A?
To be clear, this is not a case of intentionally querying multiple books simultaneously. The books are in the same genre, I will only be signing with one agent, I never sent queries for two books in the same calendar year, and I truly thought I was never going to hear from Agent A. (I am somewhat shocked to get ONE agent call, let alone two, in this climate.)