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Mr. James Mustelier
The Bent Agency
19 West 21st Street, Suite 201
New York, NY 10010
Website: thebentagency.com
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Queried using his form Thriller 89K 1/13/22
Note that his form asks if you have submitted to any editors or publishing house. I have submitted to the Berkley Publishing Group through their open submission process. I hope this wasn't a mistake.
6/19/21 FR (longest wait for a form reject i've experienced)
"Thank you so much for sending me your project. I read and consider each query carefully and while I am respectfully passing on this, I have a great deal of respect for the work that has gone into it. I am grateful that you wrote to me, and I hope you will consider me for any projects in the future. Finally, please note that you can always query a different agent at TBA after one of us has passed.
Sincerely,
James"
4/21/21 Rec'd thoughtful rejection with reminder that another agent on this site could be queried
ER: 1/12/2021
Adult horror at 68k words
Mr. Mustelier apologized for the delay and stated he had "respect" for the project. He also encouraged submission to other agents at the firm. Cordial form letter, and I'm grateful he responded even after so long.
New Adult Fiction 50k
Confirmation Email went to my junk folder
Confirmation receipt went to my spam folder
Closed: 9/11/2020 As it had been 8 and a half weeks with no word.
SUPRISE! Full ER: 9/22/2020. Submitted same day.
53k word Lovecraftian Horror.
Nudge: 9/1/20
ER: 9/10/20 (guess this was in response to my original query)
Form letter, but a very nice one.
9/11/20: second rejection letter in response to the nudge.
Adult Espionage Thriller 85,000 words
ER Form Letter 9/10/2020
Re-sent EQ: July 28, 2020 (his automatic response to my original query said to re-query after 2 weeks if he hasn't responded)
ER: September 1, 2020
YA Historical Fantasy 128,000
@anwynnauthor: I'll probably go ahead and reach out in 2 weeks (July 25th?) if still no word since he says to do so in the automatic response. :-)
cordial denial
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