How Long Do Contracts Take to Sign?

Timelines? When should I start to worry?

A reader asks:

How long do contracts generally take to sign? Haha totally not going nuts waiting for my contract here lol no not at all haha! *twitches*

For traditional novel publishing, the answer is — A LONG TIME! You probably don’t need to worry yet.

The following is how novel contracts tend to work, both from my own experience and from what seems to…