William Reiss - John Hawkins & Associates, Inc.

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Mr. William Reiss

John Hawkins & Associates, Inc.

71 West 23rd Street, Suite 1600

New York, NY 10010

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Website: www.jhalit.com

AAR Member: Yes

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Online Form: Closed

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from NikkiKnows

Mar 06, 2017 12:25 am

moblitas... I know this thread is from forever ago, but if you place your fingers like your gonna type, move them over a key to the right each, then type "white" without looking, it indeed becomes "wjote." Lol, I figured that was it because I do that sometimes. :)

from Patrick (admin)

Jan 16, 2014 9:41 am

Rachellieberman, the information I received was that he is "semi-retired" and not taking new clients.

from Grayson

Jan 16, 2014 7:19 am

EQ: 1/16

Immediate autoreply: "I am away from the office."

from rachellieberman

Jan 15, 2014 5:09 pm

Can someone confirm that he's still closed to queries? I didn't see anything about it on the website but since QT generally seems up-to-date I don't want to annoy him by querying if he's not accepting.

from jessicac

Oct 17, 2013 10:39 pm

Angelscribe,
Ahhh I'm used to rejections now. I don't even feel the sting anymore. :)

from KristenH (premium member)

Oct 16, 2013 6:53 am

jessica, oh well. It was worth a shot.

from jessicac

Oct 15, 2013 11:27 am

Angelscribe,
I definitely got a rejection. Cut and dry. Lol

from KristenH (premium member)

Oct 15, 2013 6:52 am

Jessica, he's only closed to queries right now. Patrick needs to confirm it. Maybe someone else from the agency replied to your query. Did you get a rejection or a request?

from jessicac

Oct 14, 2013 7:15 am

I queried Mr. Reiss in 10/13 and got a reply on 10/14.
The Website doesn't indicate he retired, so I'm confused.

from DonLemna (premium member)

Sep 10, 2013 7:09 pm

Bill is now retired.

from huggsngiggles

Jul 19, 2013 12:17 pm

EQ- 7/18
ER - 7/19
Simple personalized no. Glad that it was quick.

from Floridagirl

Jul 19, 2013 11:37 am

EQ: 7/14
ER: 7/15 (FORM)

"No thank you but thank you for writing to me about_____"

from huggsngiggles

Jul 18, 2013 7:10 pm

EQ- 7/18
Received auto response "I am away from the office".

from moblitas

Jul 08, 2013 2:52 pm

EQ: 7/4
ER: 7/8

I laughed a little at this one because he (or his intern) misspelled the "white" in the title of my book as "wjote." Everyone makes spelling errors of course, but I thought this one was a little bizarre.

YA Fantasy

from karambelas (premium member)

Today 11:46 am

EQ: 4/23
ER: 4/24

at least he's fast...

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