EQ 5/31/18
MG adventure/sci-fi

ER 6/1/18
Form from intern as others have posted.
BUT . . . My first response from an agent! I feel like I’m in the club now.

EQ: 5/10/18
ER: 5/11/18 Form from intern.

Thank you so much for allowing The Knight Agency to consider your material. Unfortunately, after carefully reviewing your query, we’ve determined that this particular project isn’t the right fit for us at this time. As I’m sure you know, the publishing industry changes swiftly now, as do readers’ tastes and trends. As a result, our own agents’ needs shift and change, as well; therefore, we would like to encourage you to consider querying us with future projects as you may deem appropriate.



Again, thank you very much for allowing us this chance to consider your material, and we wish you all the best in your publishing endeavors.



Sincerely,



Kristy Hunter

80k YA Urban Fantasy

For those who’ve heard back: did you send to Elaine directly or to submissions inbox?

EQ: 3/15
PR: 4/4 from Kristy Hunter (sent 4/4)

EQ: 3/28
ER: 3/29 - Form letter
85k YA paranormal mystery

Katherinel - I sent an email query.

EQ 01/31/2018 + first 5 pages double-spaced. General Fiction -- Shadows Over an African Heart

EQ: 01/17/18
ER: 01/18/18

EQ: 11/30
ER: 11/30
96k romantic suspense

EQ: 11/14 (sent directly to Elaine instead of agency submission email since it matched several of her #MSWL, and she'd invited authors to do that when this is the case)
ER: 11/15 very fast form rejection.
Upmarket Women's Fiction, 102K

EQ: 10/12/17
ER: 10/16
Perfectly nice form rejection from Elaine (not assistant)

YA Contemp 60K

EQ 7/14/17
ER 7/17/17 Form rejection from Kristy. At least it came quickly.
YA Contemp Humor 81K

EQ 3/2/17
ER 3/3/17

Very nice personalized rejection

WF 89K

EQ: 6/23/17
ER: 6/26/17; sent query to Elaine; got a reply from Kristy. While I'm disheartened, I admire the speed of the reply.

EQ: 5/30/2017 12:23pm
ER: 5/30/2017 12:27pm
Upmarket Women's Fiction
Astounded at the speed-reading capabilities of whomever is opening and reading these queries. Four minutes to open, read query plus sample pages, attach auto-rejection and send. Someone, call Marvel.

EQ 3-23
ER 3-24 from assistant.

YA alternative history

3/5: queried Deidre Knight via #querysprint
3/6: request for first 3 chapters -- sent -- Deidre indicated she'd rec'd the chapters and would be passing it along to another agent looking for YA
3/9: nudge with offer to publish
3/9: Deidre said she passed it to Elaine, who was out of the office for the weekend. Asked for more time to read.
3/15: This may have been the loveliest rejection I've ever received! She was full of compliments, but the plot is too familiar to her. I appreciate her response. She seems so thoughtful and kind.

YA 78,000 Historical Fiction/Magical Realism