FQ: 4/22/21
FR: 4/28/21

adult SF/F @ 99,798k

Form query: 4/17/21
Form rejection: 4/28
82k contemporary with speculative elements

FQ: 4/15/21
FR: 4/28/2021 (appreciated the fast response, even if it was a rejection)

111k Adult Dystopian Sci Fi

Form query: 16 Feb 2021
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

FQ: 4/4/21
ER: 4/21/21
Fantasy 78k

FQ: 4/12/21
Fantasy, 108k
ER:: 4/23/21

FQ 4/8/21
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

FQ: 4/6/21

91k adult fantasy

EQ: 03/21/21
ER: 03/31/2021

Adult Fantasy 115K

EQ: 03/23/21
ER: 03/31/2021

New Adult Fantasy 78K

FQ: 2/24/2021
FR: 3/19/2021

180K Adult Fantasy

Form letter as of 19 March: "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."

He tweeted recently in an #AskAgent bit, after someone asked him "do ya'll lie in query letter forms rejection letters."

"No we don’t lie, but that’s also not the same thing as telling the full truth." Which... the biggest thing I wish I knew as querying writer RIGHT NOW is: did the query letter turn you off, or did the pages? All I want is a check box. Of course agents can't respond personally to every query. But a like "where'd you decide to pass: query? synopsis? pages? LITERAL CHECKBOX would make form passes at least a teensy tiny bit illuminating. This isn't a dig on Mr. Belford, by the way. He seems like a great representative from the outside looking in.

EQ: 02/22/21
ER: 03/19/2021

It's a shame, I had high hopes for my manuscript with this agent, but only got a form response. THAT SAID, this agent IS very professional and very grounded. And his form letter is right, fiction is VERY subjective. Would still highly recommend querying this agent.

Pitch Wars showcase request - sent partial (50 pgs) EQ 2/15/2021
ER (form) 3/2/2021
Adult Sci Fi 117k

EQ 2/7/21
ER 2/18/21
85K adult fantasy

"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."

EQ: 1/2 to Lane Heymont

16/2 - forwarded on to Mathew Belford by Lane as better fit.