Ms. Cameron McClure

Donald Maass Literary Agency

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Cameron McClure

Donald Maass Literary Agency

1000 Dean Street, Suite 252
Brooklyn, NY 11238
Website:
www.maassagency.com
Twitter (X):
@BookCannibal
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Genres
This agent is seeking the following genres:

Fiction

Action/Adventure
Chick Lit
Commercial
Contemporary
Crime/Police
Erotica
Family Saga
Fantasy
  • Fantasy, Contemporary/Urban
  • Fantasy, Magical Realism
Graphic Novel
Historical
Horror
Humor/Satire
LGBTQ+
Literary Fiction
Military/Espionage
Multicultural
Mystery
New Adult
Offbeat/Quirky
Religious/Inspirational
Science Fiction
Short Story Collections
Speculative
Thrillers/Suspense
Upmarket
Western
Women's Fiction
Young Adult
  • Young Adult, Fantasy
  • Young Adult, Science Fiction

Non-Fiction

Art/Photography
Biography
Business/Finance
Cultural/Social Issues
Current Affairs/Politics
Food/Lifestyle
Health/Fitness
History
Humor/Gift Book
Journalism
LGBTQ+
Memoir
Military
Multicultural
Narrative
Nature/Ecology
Parenting
Pop Culture
Psychology
Relationship/Dating
Science/Technology
Travel
True Adventure/Crime
Women's Issues
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Known Clients (current & past)
Sonya Bateman
Steve Bein
Robert Jackson Bennett
Carolyn Crane
Emmanuel Goldstein
Randy Henderson
Ronald Malfi
Andy Marino
Ada Palmer
John Pitts
J.A. Pitts
Eden Robins
Lina Simoni
Elizabeth Sims
Brian Francis Slattery
Keith Stern
David Sundstrand
Molly Tanzer
Emily Winslow
Author Comments
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RD1981
03/12/2024 10:29 AM
Hold on a sec. Does the rejection letter really say "judge your potential"? Wow. That's pretty harsh. Judge the potential of a manuscript? Sure. That's to be expected. It's part of the job of an agent. But to suggest that you're judging the potential of the writer themselves, especially based off of 5 pages is a bit overboard, isn't it? I mean, talking to agents, one thing that they generally tend to say is "Don't take the rejections personally. You aren't being judged. They're simply judging your submission to determine whether it's right for them or not at the time it was submitted." This is written in a way to suggest that it is the author being judged, specifically, their potential as a published author. Probably not the best wording for a form letter. She may want to consider changing that, at some point.
DBGeeWrites
03/11/2024 12:42 PM
78k YA Contemporary Fantasy
QM 1/29/24
Notification of offer 2/9/24
Form rejection 2/14/24

"I apologize for the form letter, but the volume of query letters I receive makes it impossible to send personal responses to every writer.

Unfortunately, I must pass on your material. I realize it is difficult to judge your potential from a query and first five pages alone, but please know that I give serious attention to every letter and writing sample I receive."
librarianblue
03/11/2024 12:24 PM
Re: only asking for 5 pages

I imagine that what she's trying to judge is not solely potential, but also her own excitement/interest/engagement — and *that* you absolutely can judge in 5 pages. Someone can read the first 5 pages of LOTR and know if the prose style and story-view will be interesting enough to keep them reading for the rest of the book (are there books that take some readers longer to get into? Of course — but agents are busy, and there are lots of great books waiting to be discovered!) *Our* job is to write the best book [including the first five pages] and then keep looking for an agent who *is* excited/interested/engaged.
WVfantasy
03/10/2024 06:42 PM
FQ: 01/10/2024
FR: 03/08/2024
Form rejection after 58 days.
Fantasy

RD1981
03/09/2024 10:10 AM
I must admit, I find the whole 5-page thing a bit frustrating, as well. Especially when you're talking about genres like sci-fi and fantasy, in the first 5 pages, you're just introducing one, perhaps two characters, and you're not even close to the inciting incident that really sets the ball rolling. It's kind of like a movie critic walking into a theater, seeing "A long time ago in a galaxy far far away..." followed by the title card and then getting up and walking out of the theater to write their opinion about the movie. My novel is the first in a trilogy story, so it's even more of a complication. If you judged LOTR by the first five pages of "The Fellowship of the Ring", you'd think it was a story about a short rich guy adopting a cousin who shared his birthday so they could celebrate together.

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