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Ms. Molly Ker Hawn
The Bent Agency
London
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Website: thebentagency.com
Twitter: mollykh
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E-Mail: Yes
Online Form: No
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ER - 14th Septmeber
Polite form rejection, after careful consideration doesn’t feel right for her list.
ER: 8/31
ER: 8/31/18
YA fantasy 70k
ER: 8/19/18 (Form)
MG Mystery 44k
Interesting tweets from Molly today:
"I'm reading queries and seeing a trend that's dismaying me: so many very long books. I ask every bookseller I meet what they want to see published, and virtually of them mention that they need shorter MG and YA books for their customers.
...or book fanatics like authors/agents/publishers, I think it can be hard to remember that not every young reader is like you (we!) were. A lot of 11-year-olds are daunted by a 90K-word MG novel."
YA fantasy
ER: 06/28/18
Thank you so much for writing me about your manuscript. I read each query I receive carefully, and I'm sorry to say that I'm not quite the right fit for yours. I do appreciate that you thought of me and wish you the very best luck finding the ideal agent for your work.
ER: 5/30/18 (form letter)
Dear Kayla,
Thank you so much for writing me about your manuscript. I read each query I receive carefully, and I'm sorry to say that I'm not quite the right fit for yours. I do appreciate that you thought of me and wish you the very best luck finding the ideal agent for your work.
Best regards,
Molly
ER: 5-7-18
Thoughtful response
Form Rejection: 04/20/18
Form Rejection: 3/9
Thank you so much for writing me about your manuscript. I read each query I receive carefully, and I'm sorry to say that I'm not quite the right fit for yours. I do appreciate that you thought of me and wish you the very best luck finding the ideal agent for your work.
90k MG / F
ER: 3/8/18
Kind form rejection.
YA Fantasy, 97K
"My queries are heaving with time travel projects. I get it, I get it, we'd all like to escape from 2018. But writing good time travel is hard, folks."
Update: "Totally agree (cf. @heidiheilig's THE GIRL FROM EVERYWHERE). But it's HARD to do time travel well."
FR - 2nd Feb
Nudge with offer of representation - also 2nd Feb
Polite rejection - 8th Feb
Molly also gave advice to me on the industry expectations when you get an offer and how much time you should give agents to read which was really helpful and going well out of her way to help me!
ER: 1/29/18 (Kind form rejection)
(Received immediate response of receipt saying to resend query if no reply within 2 weeks)
53,000 word MG Contemporary Supernatural Mystery
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