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Ms. Ashley Herring Blake
Rees Literary Agency
Boston, MA
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Website: www.reesagency.com
Twitter: ashleyhblake
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Query sent: March 6, 2020
Full request: March 9, 2020. Sent an hour later
Nudge with offer of rep: March 18, 2020
Kind step aside: March 20, 2020
95k adult domestic suspense
Nudge with offer of rep: 3/22
Polite step aside: 3/23
Seems very nice :)
Upmarket Rom 91K
CNR 3/21/2020
67k Gothic horror
Upgraded to full: 2/27/20
ER: 3/19/20
FR (sent same day): 2/26/20
ER: 3/19 - mostly a form reject, 2-3 lines thanking you for your work/this isn't for me/this is a subjective industry/etc. etc.
YA LGBT Fantasy
ER: 19Mar2020
Adult literary
FR: 03/19/20, sent same day
Adult rom-com, 73k
FR: 2/23/2020 (She responded two hours after I queried)
Sent Full 2/24/2020
R&R: 3/2/2020
Adult contemporary romance 81K
Ashley sent me a personalized email with lots of really wonderful feedback on both what she loved but also what she thought needed some work. "Again, if [these suggestions] resonate and if you'd like to try some of these revisions out, I'd LOVE to see this again"
Romance 71K
70K contemporary romance
FR: 1/30/20
ER: 2/6/20 but with a really sweet message
YA Contemporary Fantasy 96k
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