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Ms. Em Lysaght
Ladderbird Literary Agency
Oakland, CA
Website: ladderbird.com
Twitter: mmmlysaght
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Referred to Em Lysaght, citing she may be a better match Sept 11
Crossing my fingers!!
YA Fantasy 105K
125k word Sci Fi romance
Form Rejection on September 7th, 2021
Submitted form query June 28
Standard rejection August 18
"Thank you very much for your submission. I'm sorry, but your project is not a perfect fit for me at this time so unfortunately I will have to pass. Thank you for considering me and best of luck with your future queries."
FQ: 6.11.21
Form Rejection: 7.29.21
FR: June 30, 2021 (sent same day)
R: July 23, 2021 (with a nice, personal note and helpful feedback!)
NA/A Literary Fantasy, 60k
Adult sci fi, 153k words
Question, does she email you back or does her response only come back through the form?
Form Rejection on July 12, 2021. 53 day wait time, and yes, she sent her response through her email, so there's that little bit of info.
ER: 07/10/2021
Historical Fantasy 127k
121K SFF
Full Request: June 30, 2021, sent same day
YA Speculative, 72K
FR: 6/25/21
114K adult LGBTQ Speculative
Full Request: 4/8/2021, sent same day
R&R with super helpful feedback: 5/17/2021
95k Adult SF Romance
Got an R&R request from a different agent on Friday April 2nd.
After chat with other agent, messaged to offer revision when it's ready (est. three or four weeks), as the R&R is non-exclusive.
She replied quickly with a friendly message saying to send it on when ready.
Revised ms sent April 23rd
Nudge with offer of rep 25 April 2021
Responded with offer May 4th 2021
We did not go with Em, but were very impressed by their professionalism and ethos.
Adult space opera, 123k
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