Profile Update: Closed to queries.

FQ: 02/16/22
Full Request: 03/15/22
Rejection: 04/13/22

Literary 83K

Long and personalized rejection on full.

(I don't know all the acronyms yet!) Online Form query sent 03/18/2022 for 75k Memoir

FQ: 82K Memoir 02/03/2022
FR 02/23/2022
nicest rejection yet.
Thank you so much for your query for Battles of the Mind. Unfortunately, I'm not connecting with the project as much as I'd hoped to and so I have to step aside. Of course, this is only my subjective opinion. You deserve to work with someone who shares your passion and vision for this book. I'm sorry that it isn't me, but I wish you the best of luck with everything.

5 week turnaround on a 80,000 word historical nonfiction with a personalized rejection note:

Thank you so much for your query for Paris Histories and Mysteries. Unfortunately, I'm not connecting with the writing style as much as I'd hoped to—despite the interesting premise—and so I have to step aside. Of course, this is only my subjective opinion. You deserve to work with someone who shares your passion and vision for this book. I'm sorry that it isn't me, but I wish you the best of luck with everything.

Warmly,

?Mariah Stovall

Very thoughtful….

rejected @ 23 days "despite the interesting title and premise."

Mariah Stovall kindly sent me a personal rejection letter that was quite encouraging and complimentary. It gave me heart. I appreciate her honesty and integrity, saying my memoir had merit but just not her style, and that she was confident I'd pick up an agent.

Formerly worked at Howland Literary, which isn't listed on querytracker. I queried her in March 2021. Received a complimentary rejection a week later.