NA 104K

EQ - 11/14/17
ER - 1/5/18
Thank you very much for your query below. I enjoyed reading these pages, but I am sorry to say that I didn’t fall in love with the plot. I cannot offer you representation at this time, but I do hope you query me with any projects in the future, if the opportunity arises.

Seems like a form:

Thank you very much for your query below. I liked the premise of this story, but I am sorry to say that I did not connect with the writing in the way I had hoped. For this reason, and with regret, I cannot offer you representation. However, I wish you every success and hope you will find the perfect home for this material.

After reading below, I now realize this WAS a form. I'd requeried her with a new version, thinking that her "liking of my premise" was genuine. Man, I wish agents wouldn't give compliments on forms, it really gives the wrong impression.



Kind regards,

Stefanie

EQ - 10/01/18

YA 110K

EQ: 9/26
PR: 10/4 (100pgs, sent same day); nudged 1/10
ER: 5/7
Kind and semi-personalized (an edited form, very similar to the one hcmarks received), saying she'd sat on it for a bit because she'd been torn about how to proceed. Liked the vivid depiction of place and historical era, but the plot didn't draw her in. Invitation to query her again with other projects in the future.

I queried her a few months ago, CNR.

EQ: 1/19
FR: 2/20 (sent immediately)
ER: 5/7 (incredibly kind rejection)

lit fic, 92K words

EQ - 10/6/17
PR - 10/11/17 (first 50 pages)
ER - 2/26/18

Thriller, 77k

Her really nice and supportive rejection letter:
Thanks so much for sharing a portion of THE LIBRARY AT THE CENTER OF THE EARTH with me and for your patience while I reviewed it.  I apologize for the delayed response—I sat on this for a while because I have been torn about how to proceed. You’re a talented writer, and I was especially taken with your ability to offer the reader such a vivid and well-executed setting. Unfortunately, the plot just did not draw me in as much as I would have liked, so I cannot offer you representation. However, I wish you every success and hope you will find the perfect home for this material.

Coffee_obsessed: No confirmation email. Sorry I didn't see this sooner. Hoping she got it, lol.

I'm hoping she'll look at YA in any genre...

EQ: 11/22

YA Sci-Fi

emwrites: thanks! I didn't receive a confirmation email either when I sent my partial in August. Haven't heard anything either. Crossing my fingers for you too :)

Coffee_Obsessed: I haven't posted anything here yet because I was waiting for results, but I have a partial out with Stefanie (sent 10/4) and I never received a confirmation email. The jury's still out, so my fingers are crossed! I'll nudge after three months if I haven't heard anything.

hcmarks-question: did you happen to receive a confirmation email after you submitted your requested partial? Thanks!

EQ - 7/3117
ER - 8/29/17 Literary 75k

Thank you very much for your query below. I am sorry to say that [this story isn’t a good fit for my list. I cannot offer you representation, but I wish you every success and hope you will find the perfect home for this project.

Kind regards,
Stefanie

Voxeterna1 - I recently received a rejection from an agent who labeled my historical novel too "commercial," which was not what he was seeking at the moment. I, too, wondered what he meant. I found this blog article from an author that I thought explained it well. I kind of like the fact that he thought my novel was "commercial." Maybe that will help me sell it one day!

http://annieneugebauer.com/2012/07/16/what-is-commercial-fiction/

In her genres list is just says "commercial and young adult". Sorry to seem like a "noob" but I'm unclear as to what that really means. I was intending to send her a romance, which I THINK would fall under the banner of "commercial" fiction. But I'm not sure and I would hate to send an agent something that they specifically made known they don't really want.