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Ms. Melissa Edwards
Stonesong
270 West 39th St., Suite 201
New York, NY 10018
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Website: stonesong.com
Twitter: MelissaLaurenE
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ER 7/30/18 (Passed from nudge--no reason why)
I don't think so. She's a lawyer by training and is offering that service to people in the industry that would appreciate the skills of a lawyer with specific experience in publishing. I suspect it would appeal more to self-pubs, or authors at micro-pubs who don't have an agent, but would still like an expert legal opinion before signing anything.
Her clients at Stonesong have a standard agency agreement with the usual commission only.
"Hey y'all! Guess what? In addition to agenting at Stonesong, I have a new venture called MLE Consulting, where agents and authors can hire me to read and negotiate contracts. Info at http://melissaedwardsesq.com ."
FR 7/6/18
YA fantasy 90k
FR: 4/17/18 :)
ER: 5/7/18 personalized with a few lines as to what did and didn't work for her
YA fantasy 70k
CNR: 3/23/18
FR 3/2
She asked if it was with any other agents. It wasn't at the time, but I thought she might like to know the next week when it was with five others. I emailed to let her know and she seemed annoyed. Said she was going as fast as she could and let her know if I get an offer of rep. So FYI, if she asks when she requests the full whether other agents have requested and you say no... and then lots of others request... DON'T follow up! HA!
Just waiting to hear back, now.
Thx aemwrites. Maybe the date on the Timeline is different from your notation here in the Comments section...?
(I do see one on the Timeline for Jan 10th for "Children's" but not Middle Grade.)
Good luck with your new agent!!!
CNR: 2/20/18
(Query plus first 10 pages)
Women's fiction - 102k
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