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Ms. Courtney Miller-Callihan
Handspun Literary Agency
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Website: handspunlit.com
Twitter: millercallihan
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96K epic fantasy
QT says she accepts fantasy but on her site it is mainly historical and/or romantic fantasy. Figured it wouldn't hurt to try.
ER: 08/10/2017 form rejection
quick, but not necessarily painless
3/12/16: FR (sent full ms same day)
6/12/16: Nudged via email, no response
3/14/17: Very polite, personal rejection. Just over a year later.
70k YA Contemporary
11/18/16: ER
11/19/16: EQ different ms (still open to queries at that time, although she closed a couple of weeks later)
3/29/17: Nudged
3/31/17: ER "Thanks for your message, but the agency is currently closed to queries. When we reopen, the Handspun website will be updated accordingly."
I wrote her back that I was following up on an OLD query, not submitting a NEW one (which should have been obvious, as I'd included the original email with timestamp in the follow-up). I'm assuming she deleted that response without reading it.
After reading below that others have had to CNR after subbing a requested MS, I'm disappointed but not surprised!
5/12: FR
Full request arrived right in the middle of a full revision pass with a mentor so I waited until that was complete to send the full.
6/3: Sent full ms
1/11/17: Followed up with notification that I'm querying a new project (93k contemporary romance)
3/14/17: Rejection on previous ms (said genre hybrid is a tough sell), but asked for next one (93k CR) if still available.
74k adult romance
MS Request 5/9 (Sent same day)
Nudge 10/17 (No response)
CNR 11/30
If this changes, I will update, but looking back through the comments, it appears she doesn't respond to most ms requests.
Rejection March 15, 2017 Apologized for the long response time, but otherwise a form rejection. At least she responded...
EQ 12/9/16 (Passed--not a good fit.) I'll try her next year with Diplomatic Immunity.
FR: 12/9
That's 155 days later! I had CNR'd this long ago. It was a very welcome surprise.
(Thanks eleven02)
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