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Mr. Matthew Belford
The Tobias Literary Agency
Website: thetobiasagency.com
Twitter: MWBelford
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Scifi, 94,000
89,000 word historical fantasy
ER: 7/16/21 Form letter
Adult Contemporary Fantasy, 123k
Standard rejection letter July 13
YA/Scifi 65k
"Thank you for sending over your submission. While I appreciate the amount of work you’ve put into creating this story, I am unfortunately going to have to pass on this project.
As you may know, fiction is very subjective and just because this wasn’t a good fit for me, that doesn’t mean that someone else won’t feel differently.
I wish you the best of luck moving forward."
FR 6 - 21 -2021
Adult - Fantasy - 121k
ER: 5/27/21
91k adult fantasy
FR: 5/25/21
YA Fantasy @ 114K
FR: 4/28/21
adult SF/F @ 99,798k
Form rejection: 4/28
82k contemporary with speculative elements
FR: 4/28/2021 (appreciated the fast response, even if it was a rejection)
111k Adult Dystopian Sci Fi
Form rejection: 21 April 2021
"Thank you for sending over your submission. While I appreciate the amount of work you’ve put into creating this story, I am unfortunately going to have to pass on this project.
"As you may know, fiction is very subjective and just because this wasn’t a good fit for me, that doesn’t mean that someone else won’t feel differently.
"I wish you the best of luck moving forward."
Adult Space Opera 123k
ER: 4/21/21
Fantasy 78k
Fantasy, 108k
ER:: 4/23/21
Nudge with offer of rep 4/13/21
Kind step-aside apologizing for not having time to read the full 4/19/21
Adult Fantasy 120k
ER: 03/31/2021
Adult Fantasy 115K
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