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Ms. Merrilee Heifetz
Writers House
21 West 26th Street
New York, NY 10010
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Website: www.writershouse.com/
Twitter: MerrileeHeifetz
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ER 11/4 - form letter from assistant
P 1/20 first fifty
Full request 1/23
R&R 3/19
Revision sent 11/30 (2018)
R&R round 2: 4/17 (2019)
Second revision sent 9/1 (2019)
Everything through assistant Rebecca
96 K Adult fantasy
ER:11/1/19
111k YA fantasy
PR: 10/23/19 (50 pgs)
ER: 11/1/19 - personalized with some helpful feedback from her assistant, Rebecca Eskildsen. Cried over this one. Really, REALLY would have liked to work with this agent.
85k YA Paranormal Mystery
Email Query - 10/15/2019
EQ: 7/5/18
FR: 7/24/2018
Update Email: 9/13/2018
R&R, detailed, encouraging, and helpful: 10/13/2018
I'll be making the changes since this is my second RnR for the same basic problem.
Submitted R&R 06/09/2019
Ultimately stepped aside 08/08/19
PR: 7/18 (first 10 pages)
ER: 8/7
79k YA Fantasy
PR (first 50 pages): 6/28/2019
ER: 7/26/2019
MG Fantasy (46,000 words)
FR: 6/27/19 :)
ER: 7/15/19 pass from assistant
YA light SF, 81k
FR 5/28
7/2 nudge due to offer
7/11 offer of rep
YA Fantasy
ER: 6/27
Polite "Water, Water isn't right for her list at this time" from her assistant.
adult Fantasy 80k
ER: May 29th.
A form letter from her assistant Rebecca but at least it addressed me by name :)
5/7 ER
Form letter from assistant
Thriller 73K
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