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Mr. Joshua Bilmes
JABberwocky Literary Agency
49 W. 45th St., #12th Floor
New York, NY 10036-4603
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Website: www.awfulagent.com
Blog: brilligblogger.blogspot.ca
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Online Form: No
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PR - 6/27/17, requested I send to his assistant.
9/10/17 nudged to confirm receipt. His assistant was awesome and responded right away, said he's been traveling and is trying to catch up.
FR - 11/17/17 with apologies for the long wait. Totally worth it! Sent Full and 1 page synopsis.
ER - 4/19/2018, Great constructive feedback. Just not ready for the big show.
75k sci-fi detective
EQ: 10/6/17
PR: 1/17/18
I have not heard back on the partial but Mr. Bilmes thanked me for my patience during the long wait between my initial query and the partial request so I am expecting it will take him some time to get back to me again.
Request for first 10 pages + short synopsis 4-12-18
Materials sent 4-15-18
90K Contemporary Fantasy
Read his bio and blog - he likes personalized queries! I thanked him for bringing Charlaine Harris's work to readers (I'm a fan) as well as for responding to a blurb request I sent to Ms. Harris through him a few years back. Very nice request and kind words on premise and writing credentials. Super excited and honored to get this far!
75 Page PR: 1/10/18
Worth the wait, yay!
Has anyone with a partial or full heard back yet? Biting my nails!
ER 3/27/18 (Passed--doesn't appeal to his own tastes)
ER: 03/24
ER: 3/24/18
Form letter.
PR: 9/25/17, with apologies for slowly catching up on the pile that accumulated while traveling
On 3/13/18, I learned a special pro tip: if you meet with him and he gives you another email address, that one may be a better one to use for your query. Check with Joshua of course, but note the option for an alternate query address!
Epic fantasy 119k.
2/22: Nudged with offer of rep
3/2: Deadline for nudge w/no response, marked CNR
121k sci-fi
PR 12-2-2017
Nudge 1-22-2018
response to nudge 1-29-2018 - he was still working his way through his reading stack, will try to get comments to me soon
PR: 7/17 requested I send directly to him
Nudge 10/17 to confirm receipt...
received polite confirmation from agent--still going through inbox
Got form rejection letter on a Sunday evening in 12/17 with no comments
Then got same form rejection letter over a month later
This agent either is either completely disorganized or cruel, neither of which is a characteristic I want in an agent.
ER - 1/1/18 - Form rejection
106k word Adult Fantasy
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