A very kind rejection letter, suggesting that my manuscript better fits the "general fiction" market than either romance or women's fiction. I appreciate the feedback.

EQ 12/9/2020
Historical Fiction 61,527 words

sent lf/wf 99K 11/24 reject 12/4 same as letter below

emailed query, adult female-driven comm fantasy-mag realism, 88k 11/28/20

EQ: 9/23/20
PR: 9/23/20
Notified of offer 10/2/20
Congratulatory step aside 10/5

92k contemporary romance

EQ: 04/16/20
ER: 05/02/20

Sent me two emails, both of which spelled my name wrong. Note: my surname is one syllable and fairly simple, but I guess everyone makes mistakes... twice. Same rejection letter as mentioned below. Nice, to the point.

EQ: 12/29/19
PR: 1/3/19
ER : 1/26/19
Personalized rejection with reasons why this manuscript doesn't work for him.
Women's Fiction 89K

EQ: 8/30/19
PR: 8/30/19; sent same day
Contemporary WF 88.8K
FRej: 9/14/19

12/17 Rejected. BUT his suggestion was priceless.
12/16 Submitted 95k romance

EQ: 12/5/19
ER: 12/12/19
Long winded form letter, but prompt.

Thank you so much for your interest in Greyhaus Literary Agency. I appreciated having the chance to review this proposal.

I have had the opportunity to look over your initial proposal. Unfortunately, I am deciding to pass on this project. As you are aware, an agent has to really fall in love with a project to want to pursue it. In many cases, it is simply a matter of the premise making a strong impact with me from the start. Sometimes it is an issue of the plot elements simply not something that works for me. That is what happened here.

I do understand the writing may be strong, but this just came down to a subjective call. This is not an issue of the manuscript having something to revise. It was just that connection.

I would also remind you that even though this didn't work for me, it might certainly work for another agent.

Best of luck with this project.

EQ: November 12th, 2019
ER: November 17th, 2019

EQ: 18-Oct-2019 query only
PR: 21-Oct asked for first 3 chapters and a synopsis
ER: 11-Nov same form rejection as mentioned many times below. As far as rejecting my project goes, that's his prerogative -- yet I can't help feeling somewhat disappointed that he offered zero feedback (after I provided 3 chapters and a 5-pg synopsis), especially when he has no other active requests pending at this time.

EQ 7/29/19 87K Romance
ER 7/31/19
Form letter, same as others: "...an agent has to really fall in love with a project to want to pursue it. In many cases, it is simply a matter of the premise making a strong impact with me from the start. Sometimes it is an issue of the plot elements simply not something that works for me. That is what happened here. I do understand the writing may be strong, but this just came down to a subjective call. This is not an issue of the manuscript having something to revise. It was just that connection. I would also remind you that even though this didn't work for me, it might certainly work for another agent."

EQ 06/21
ER - Letter 06/23
He took time to encourage me: "...an agent has to really fall in love with a project to want to pursue it. In many cases, it is simply a matter of the premise making a strong impact with me from the start. Sometimes it is an issue of the plot elements simply not something that works for me. That is what happened here. I do understand the writing may be strong, but this just came down to a subjective call. This is not an issue of the manuscript having something to revise. It was just that connection. I would also remind you that even though this didn't work for me, it might certainly work for another agent."

Query email, no sample pages sent