Form query: 6/27/2020, upmarket / multicultural, 90k
FR: 7/6/2020, sent same day
Rejected 11/17/2020, "While I was intrigued by your query I'm afraid I just don't feel I'm the right agent for it."

Within 3 weeks of receiving my query, she invited me to submit the full manuscript. Regardless of whether she chooses to represent me after reading it, I appreciate her prompt and gracious response.

EQ 11/7/20
ER 11/8/20 - Form
Upmarket Historical Fiction 90k

Rejected within 24 hours. I appreciate the promptness and the politeness. Jessica is clearly a decent person.

EQ 10/27/2020
ER 10/27/2020

Received a reply today:

While I am actively looking to build my nonfiction list, my focus is more on prescriptive nonfiction and not memoir. For that reason, I don't feel I'd be the right agent for your work.

There are definitely others at BookEnds who might be a better fit for your book and I encourage you to review our submissions page and query one of them.

Profile Update: Genres updated.

Thank you so much for querying BookEnds and for giving me the opportunity to review ***. You've written a solid query letter, but I'm afraid the idea itself just didn't grab my interest.

I'm sorry I don't have better news. I am currently working with a full roster of clients and that has allowed me to be very particular about what I'm taking on. Publishing is truly so subjective and it's quite possible you'll find someone else who feels differently. Maybe even here at BookEnds. I encourage you to review our submissions page to see if another BookEnds agent might be better suited to your work.

I wish you all the best in your search for representation and thank you again for giving BookEnds the opportunity.

Best,

Jessica Faust, President

Got a quick response, but didn't expect it to be personal. Said I had a solid query letter. Hope it wasn't a form response, but I don't think she would do that. I've watched videos and she seems a sincere person. Just sayin'

Fastest reply I've received, less than 5 hours.

EQ: 5.27.2020
FR: 5.28.2020
ER: 10.20.20202

Has decided to no longer represent Horror.

84K Horror

EQ 10/18/20
New Adult Literary 50k

EQ: 10/12
ER: 10/12
Paranormal Suspense, 94K

Same rejection as the others. Very polite and complimentary of my "solid query letter," with the invitation to reach out to another BookEnds agent.

Jessica offers a lot of advice for querying authors on the agency's youtube channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCukLkiCzvK6AIMnYIDqxUug

Fiction submission, 175k words
It was a rejection, but it was kindly worded and told me that I have a solid query letter. Honestly, that was incredibly helpful. She also got back to me right away, which is a good thing. I appreciated the honesty and the promptness.