EQ (from contest): 11/27/18
YA thriller 79k

#PitDark EQ: 5/17/18
FR: 8/16/18 (sent same day)
Nudged 11/26/18 (never got confirmation he received full) Quick response that he never received it and to send again
ER: 1/29/19 Through and detailed response outlining where he felt the manuscript was lacking and advice on what to rework if I wish to resubmit later down the road. He was honest, but never did I feel like the pass was harsh. Stand up guy, I would defiantly query again.
91K Dark Steampunk

EQ 1/25/19 upmarket mystery (about 96,800 words)

EQ (form contest): 12/1/18
Revise and Resubmit: 1/22/19

He sent a really detailed and supportive email about why he was passing, and what to work on for my re-submission.

EQ 16 Jan
Historical 88,000

Emailed Sach Hhavohk 12.4.18

38 days for a response (in line with timing noted by others). Form reaction, same wording as people have quoted below. From the interviews I read online, he sounds like a pretty cool guy.

--- His response below ---

Thank you very much for sending me IN THE NAME OF PEACE and thank you for your patience as I considered it.

While this is definitely the kind of project I am interested in, ultimately I wasn’t as taken with your manuscript as I need to be in order to fully get behind it, and so I’m going to pass. I must remain extremely careful to only acquire projects about which I am wildly passionate, and thus I feel it is in your best interest that I step aside and allow you to continue your search for representation elsewhere.

Please remember that this is only one opinion in what is a highly subjective business and another agency may very well feel differently. Thank you again for thinking of me, and of Writers House, and the very best of luck to you in your search for the right agent.

EQ: 15/11/18
Literary fiction
84k

EQ - 9/27/2018 Adult Horror 50K

MG 48K
EQ 7/09/18
ER 9/25/18 (EXTREMELY Nice Form Letter)

Thank you very much for sending me XXXXXXXX and thank you for your patience as I considered it.

While this is definitely the kind of project I am interested in, ultimately I wasn’t as taken with your manuscript as I need to be in order to fully get behind it, and so I’m going to pass. I must remain extremely careful to only acquire projects about which I am wildly passionate, and thus I feel it is in your best interest that I step aside and allow you to continue your search for representation elsewhere.

Please remember that this is only one opinion in what is a highly subjective business and another agency may very well feel differently. Thank you again for thinking of me, and of Writers House, and the very best of luck to you in your search for the right agent.

While you are a very good writer and I do think that you have a very good story here, I’m sorry to say that I’m unable to offer you representation at this time. There was obviously enough here to warrant my taking a much closer look, but at the end of the day I wasn’t quite as taken with this manuscript as I would have liked, and so I’m afraid that I’m going to have to pass. I must remain extremely careful to only acquire projects about which I am wildly passionate, and thus I feel it is in your best interest that I step aside and allow you to continue your search for representation elsewhere.

Please remember that this is only one opinion in what is a highly subjective business and another agency may very well feel differently. Thank you again for thinking of me, and of Writers House, and the very best of luck to you in your search for the right agent.

6/26/18: EQ (#PitMad fave)
8/28/18: ER

EQ 6/11/2018 73K historical novel
nudge 7/27/2018
polite form rejection 9/7/2018

Pitched at Thrillerfest 7/12/18. Partial request: first 50 pages
Semi-personalized rejection 9/6/18

#PitMad Query: 6/7/18
Form Rejection (same as below): 9/4/18
MG Fantasy