Inquired 07/24/22
Rejected 09/28/22 (81K, Historical Fiction)

Grateful for a response.

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 agent may very well feel differently; feel free to query another agent here at Writers House if you think they might be a good fit. Thank you again for thinking of me, and the very best of luck to you in your search for the right agent.

rejected

EQ: 7/18
Nice form rejection 8/29:
"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."

Email Query: 6/18
86K Mystery
Nice form rejection: 7/27: "...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."

He did a very kind step aside, and thanked me for being patient

EQ: 04/6
YA horror, 97k
Nudge on 07/24 at 15 weeks

Email Query: 5.9.2022
Form Rejection: 7.15.22

YA Historical, 93k

EQ: 9/21/21
Full request: 11/19/21
Nudge: 5/2/22
Kind step aside: 6/23/22

99k historical literary fiction

Sent query by email on 16/06/2022, Military/History 97k

Query sent 5/5

Upmarket suspense, 90k

Query Sent 5-1-22
Domestic suspense, 74k

queries Dan Lazar at Writers' House / Joanna

Why is it that some fulls get replies and others don't, even after nudges? I've not only seen this with Alec but with other agents as well. This industry is so cruel and unprofessional. SERIOUSLY, WHAT GIVES?

EQ: 1 February, 2022
CNR: 29 March, 2022

adult 83k LitFic

Email query 7/18/21
Full ms request 8/6/21
Follow-ups after 6 months and 7 months.
Polite rejection 3/17/22