EQ: 9-30-22

Adult Fantasy Romance: 112k

EQ: 8/30/2022
FR: 9/22/2022

Adult Fantasy Romance: 118k

Email Query 9/12/22

Adult Scifi 139k

EQ 8/7/22 space opera 150k
FR 9/6/22

EQ: 08/03/22
FR: 08/31/22
Adult Fantasy, 110K

Standard rejection, but said my work may be of interest to another agent with her group and made a referral. Always appreciate the re-route.

EQ: 8/1/22
Standard rejection: 8/26/22

200k fantasy romance (first in a trilogy)

queried: 1st of August 22
form rejection: 27th of August 22

Dear Monika,

Thank you for the chance to consider your work. This isn't right for me, but I wish you all the best of luck in your search for representation.

Best,
Hannah Bowman

EQ: 8/12/22
Same evening got the following response signed by Lauren: "Thank you for reaching out. I am on vacation from August 12 to August 24, and I look forward to getting back to you after that."

Military fantasy 116k

EQ: 4/15/21
PR: 4/20/21 (synopsis + 50 pages)
Full request: 4/27/21
Revise and resubmit: 7/20/21 "Thanks for the chance to read your work. While I liked the world and the magic system, ultimately I found I didn’t connect with <MC> as much as I had hoped. I didn’t feel that she was as layered and complex as her world, and it seemed odd that she didn’t have more political and cultural context for all the plot’s twists and turns— in other words, she felt too much like a reader-insert, and not enough like an integrated part of her world. So I’m sorry to say that for now, it’s a pass. However, I would be happy to look at a future revision that addresses these concerns."
Worked on revising thru Dec 2021
Nudged 12/8/21 with offer to submit revised ms
Full request on revised ms: 12/20/21 (w/ apology about the delay, and confirmation that she will dig in in the new year)
Nudged 4/6/22
Update 4/8/22 "I’m sorry about the wait on this! I got absolutely buried in work over the new year and I’m just beginning to catch up. My assistant Lauren Bajek is currently giving this a second read for me, and I hope to be able to get back to you soon."
Nudged 7/21/22 and mentioned new adult sci-fantasy project
Rejected 7/29/22 but passed to Lauren Bajek. "I’ve been sitting on this because I do think it’s tremendously promising, but ultimately I think it’s not the right next project for me to take on. But I’m including Lauren’s direct email here, because she has been very excited about the book, and she may be interested in it for her own list. I’m sorry not to have better news— and when the new novel is done, I would be very happy to see the query for it."
What a journey.

95k adult fantasy (initial query 91k)

1/12/22: EQ
1/24/22: Partial request (submitted same day)
3/2/22: Form rejection
4/8/22: Resubmitted, noting editorial feedback from other agents
4/26/22: Partial request (submitted 5/28/22 after explaining yet more feedback came thru)
6/25/22: Rejected by Hannah Bowman, full request from Lauren Bajek who is now a full lit agent as others have mentioned (Lauren does not yet have her own QT and does not appear to be open to queries in general, but is super nice!)

111k LBTQ sci-fi thriller

Would recommend resubmitting if you do significant revisions.

EQ: 30/06/22
Partial: 13/07/22

100k Sci-Fi

EQ: 4/02, partial req: 4/05, sent same day
SF 120k
Rejected by Hannah, full requested by Lauren 7/15

@annelsiepenn No. I haven't had any kind of reply since I sent my partial.

Email query: 6/21/2022

Debut fantasy 50k


Rejection 7/11/2022