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Mr. Rob McQuilkin
Massie & McQuilkin Literary Agents
27 West 20th Street, Suite 305
New York, NY 10011
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Website: mmqlit.com
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PR: 9/22/22 (additional 75 pages of MS)
FR: 10/17/22 (rest of manuscript)
LGBTQ+/Literary fiction, 98k words.
Still waiting to hear back (assuming it'll be a while!).
PR: 11/04/21 (first 50 pages)
FR: 12/17/21 (rest of manuscript)
Nudge 1: 03/21/22 - no reply
Nudge 2: 09/02/22 - waiting to see if he replies
09/06/22: No reply. I think this is a CNR. :-(
Long wait for nothing.
Literary 75K
09.16.2022: "We are incredibly excited about your project"
09.26.2022: "extremely compelling"
10.07.2022: "we are going to pass"
Thank you for your recent query regarding representation for your most recent project. If you are receiving this email, it means we have noticed that your query is incomplete. We kindly ask that you review our guidelines, listed on our website here, and resubmit to us promptly.
Sincerely,
MMQ
partial manuscript request: 03/05/22
Full Request: 1/31/22
Nudge w/ offer of rep: 2/11/22
Offer of Representation from his colleague, Julie Stevenson: 2/24/22
**wasn't sure how to list this in QueryTracker so I just marked it as an offer, even though it wasn't from Rob McQuilkin
Adult Literary Speculative Fiction, 54k
Thank you for sending us your query. Having considered it carefully, we have decided that MMQ is not the right fit for your project, and so we are going to pass at this time.
Tastes and specializations vary widely from agent to agent, and another agency may well feel differently. Thank you for thinking of our agency, and we wish you the best of luck in your search for representation.
ER 07/04/21
Form letter reject.
Literary, 51k.
ER 6/3/21
Nicely worded form letter.
Upmarket, 99k
EQ 3/16/21
ER 3/19/21
I had high hopes for this one.
ER: 1/25/21
63k Magical Realism
Possible a form letter
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