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5130 Bellaire Avenue
North Hollywood, CA 91607
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Website: www.bjrobbinsliterary.com/
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unique story, but I don't think I'm the right agent for it. I wish you the
best of luck in finding the right representation who has a bit more
experience with the subject matter.
Full Request 3.9.22
About 45 mins later
CNR 2/17/22
90k police procedural
95K memoir
LGBTQ Historical Fiction
CNR: 10/22/21
95k Adult Historical Fiction
Closed as no response after 41 days
YA 65k
mystery 80k
*Nudge sent at 38 days, but top choice
website states they will only respond if interested
ER: 8/19/21 - not a full hour after a nudge.
CNR: 12 July, 2021
adult 83k LitFic
Full request: 06/05/2021 (sent next day)
Invitiation to revise/resubmit: 07/02/2021
YA Speculative, 72k words
Ms. Robbins took just under a month to respond with specific, actionable feedback and an invitation to resubmit should I decide to go a few more drafts with this novel. This resonated with me as I wrote it between 1 January and 8 March of this year and began querying it soon after. I'm an iterative writer--I edit as I go--and felt the manuscript had the necessary polish by the time I submitted to BJ. However, her feedback made clear to me the ways in which a few other variables could be addressed as it was my first attempt at speculative fiction. She called it a "close one" and left me feeling generally encouraged. This is out with about a dozen other agents but I'm happy to tuck her correspondence in a safe place as I wait to hear from others and decide how to proceed. She doesn't request a lot, I believe she has a pretty strong sense of what she's looking for. But this was an overwhelmingly positive experience in terms of timeliness, insight and the sense that I was dealing with a true pro.
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