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Ms. Carly Watters
P.S. Literary Agency
2010 Winston Park Drive, 2nd Floor
Oakville, Ontario L6H 5R7
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Adult Romcom 88k
FR: Feb. 19, 2021 (yay, query successful!)
Full MS sent Feb. 20, 2021
Upmarket Women's Fiction (83,000)
*I took Carly Watters's Query 101 seminar (via Zoom), which was terrific, and just a reminder the query's one job is to GET THE AGENT TO REQUEST! Rejection/Pass on your query doesn't mean your work isn't any good. It just means you may have to return to your pitch. ;-)*
Espionage Thriller 83,000 words
On Jan 4 she confirmed receipt.
On Jan 25 she rejected it: "I really enjoyed the premise of this, but the pace didn't hold up for me so I'm going to have to pass. Wishing you the best." I appreciate the comment re pace -- that gives me an indication of why she rejected it, beyond the usual "not for me" boilerplate.
They only respond if they want more materials - so no response means no.
Kind of the reality these days.
Partial & one page synopsis requested: 9/25 (from admin)
107K Literary fiction, Historical fiction
Rejection 1/6/21 not the right fit
PR: 10/15/2020
update to full: 12/11/2020
Submitted Full Manuscript: 12/23/2020
60K Historic/Fairytale Romance
PR: 10/02/20 - Fingers crossed!
ER: 01/06/21 - Not the right fit. Too bad!
98k Literary
No response as of 12/16/2020
FR: 10/23
PR: 9/25 (sent 10/7)
Nudge with offer of rep: 11/30
FR: 12/1 (sent 12/1)
Offer withdrawn: 12/10, was told by BD Gyulai that they would have a response before 12/11 (agent deadline) but did not respond with enough time for me to make a measured decision, and I decided to accept initial agent's standing offer instead. Absolutely nothing against Carly! She seems like a wonderful agent, but the offering agent just seemed like a better fit for me and my book.
68K Memoir
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