Adult fantasy, 75,000 words

Queried 2/2, form rejection 4/15


Thank you so much for thinking of me. I appreciate the chance to consider [TITLE]. Unfortunately, the project is not the right fit for my list at this time, so I am going to step aside for now.

Thank you again for thinking of me. I wish you the very best of luck as you move forward!

Unsurprisingly, a form letter rejection.
With that, the entire agency is now on my do-not-query list.
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After doing this for a year, I've had queries take 238 days, 210 days, 132 days, 100-105 days, etc. So I get the whole waiting process thing. I've certainly done quite a bit of it since starting with QT. But I'm just looking at the data on this one. In the last 6 months, there have been three full requests in the Fantasy category. One of which was after my submission. All three happened in 20 days or less and all three ultimately ended in rejections. It's pretty fair to say, based on all of that, that the odds aren't exactly in my favor on this one. And whether it's a rejection or a CNR, it's a distinction without a difference in the fact that either one means that this entire agency goes on my do-not-query list for this novel, in order to abide by their guidelines.

@RD1981 My longest query is at 63 days. I know that some agencies take up to 12 weeks or so for a response. Andrea Brown Lit's submission page says response time is up to 10-12 weeks so I wouldn't give up just yet