Domestic thriller, 78000 words
EQ: May 7, 2019
ER: May 31, 2019

Dear [my name]:

Thank you for the opportunity to read your submission. Unfortunately, you have come to us at a time when Paul Lucas is inundated with requests for assistance and representation. The need to allocate his time effectively forces us to decline participation in many worthy projects, and, regretfully, that must be the decision in this case as well.

We are very sorry not to be able to help you with this project but please accept my best wishes for you in your search for representation.

Best regards,
Eloy Bleifuss on behalf of Paul Lucas
Janklow & Nesbit Associates
285 Madison Avenue | New York, NY 10017

EQ: 3/30/2019
ER: 5/20/2019

I got the same form rejection from the asst as JoLadzinski. It does make it sound like he's closed.

145k Adult Epic Fantasy

I sent a query to him on 4/27/2019. Will update this when I get a response.

Genre: Dark Fantasy
Word Count: 66,000

JoLadzinski — That is a truly oddly-worded response. It does read like he’s closed.

EQ 2/04/2019 (Adult fantasy, 105k)
CNR 3/18/2019
It's been 6 weeks, and he's clearly moved past my query in his queue. There are other agents at the agency I want to query, so I'm declaring this a pass.
Good luck everyone!

EQ: 3/2
ER: 3/13
Fantasy 89K

This form rejection makes it sound like he's closed to queries, and the fact that it was sent from the assistant gives me pause.

"Thank you for the opportunity to read your submission. Unfortunately, you have come to us at a time when Paul Lucas is inundated with requests for assistance and representation. The need to allocate his time effectively forces us to decline participation in many worthy projects, and, regretfully, that must be the decision in this case as well.

We are very sorry not to be able to help you with this project but please accept my best wishes for you in your search for representation."

EQ 2/02
ER 2/14
Polite form :)
Hist. Fantasy 110k

EQ: 1/29/19
ER: 2/11/19

historical fantasy 175K

Thanks for that info on Brenna. I did see she'd moved on via her Twitter bio, but I hadn't considered she might've taken requests with her, I don't know what agency policy is on that sort of thing. Also don't know if it's appropriate to contact her there since she didn't inform me she was leaving. I guess I'll just let it go and see what happens. Cheers!

Re: Brenna

According to her new listing in QT she's now a junior agent at Transatlantic. So if she did request your full, she may still be considering it for her list at her new agency.

Update: Nope. Brenna doesn't work here anymore. I waited 3 months to nudge her on a full she requested, and got an auto-reply stating she's moved on.

I hope no one else is waiting around to hear from her. Pretty disappointed as fulls are always a gut-wrenching roller coaster to begin with, but to find out that she's left the agency without notifying those she'd requested from is disheartening. Wish I'd known sooner.

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Does anyone know if Brenna English-Loeb is still with the agency? I don't see her name on the website, but she requested my full a few months ago. I don't want to nudge her as it's only been 2 months, but at the same time, if she's no longer with them I'd be keen to try querying this agency again. Thanks!

EQ: 8/18/2018
CNR: 11/26/2018

EQ 10/17/18 - SF Space Opera, 103k Words

EQ: 4/25
FR: 5/21 (from Paul directly - I had done a follow up due to other agent interest and it appears Brenda, his ass't fwd'd to him) - sent same day
Update on Aug 8 with major revision based on feedback from other agents

EQ: 10/11/2018

Adult Historical fiction 98k words