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Ms. Courtney Miller-Callihan
Handspun Literary Agency
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Website: handspunlit.com
Twitter: millercallihan
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CNR: Feb. 27, 2021
Upmarket Women’s Fiction (83,000)
* I noticed she has requested and/or rejected since my submission. I also realized I didn’t submit per her guidelines with the synopsis and 50 pages attached. Not sure how I overlooked that but I’m assuming it prompted her to pass directly over my submission, which makes sense.
Full Request: 2/13
Manuscript Sent: 2/14
ER: 2/26
Thoughtful note with some helpful feedback.
Historical Mystery 85,000
95k Adult Historical Adventure
ER: 2/23/21
Form rejection.
Paranormal romance 90k
ER: 2/1/21, form
YA Contemporary, 57K
ER: 2/2, form
Adult Contemp. Romance, 88k
Form rejection: 11/12/20
98k romance/urban fantasy
Form rejection 11/12/2020
96k contemporary romance.
I had CNR'd this on 4/24/2020 but received an email from Ben 9/24/2020 requesting the full!
11/2/2020 Rejection from Ben w/ specific feedback & he encouraged me to query future projects
Email nudge 4/28/20
CNR 5/3/20
Full request with apologies for the late response! 10/13/20
Notification of offer: 10/2/20
ER: 10/7/20
Same form others have mentioned.
92k contemporary romance
Form rejection: 8/27/2020
YA hist fic 65k
ER: 8/16/20
YA Contemporary. Not right for their list.
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