Queried 5/7, 60k word MG historical fiction
Partial request (50 pg) 5/10

I re-queried Kathy letting her know that, after several R&Rs, I have transformed my memoir into a YA crossover romcom with social issues embedded. She had turned me down prior when the MS was a memoir but now kindly asked for my first fifty pages.

Query, 1/29/21, 135k true crime/me too memoir

2/1/21, very nice "just not right for me" email.

Kathy was kind enough to send me the following note about an hour after I queried her. How wonderful it would be if more agents could take the time to do the same. I know it's likely impossible to do so given their immense workloads, but still, it is a delight to have a personal touch.

Hi Richard,
Thanks for this query. Sounds like a warm memoir, but I am concentrating more on fiction just now.
I’m sorry to pass up the chance to read this; I’m sure you will find the right person to help you.
Kathy

Debra505, yes only a query to start with. She will ask for more if interested.

1/24 EQ historical fiction
1/28 Request first fifty
2/15 A kind remark and polite rejection.

Debra505, I only submitted a query and got a 50-page request a little less than a week later.

Does this agent only want a query letter? I found it difficult to tell from her website.

Email Query: 1/22/21
Requested first 50 pages: 1/27/21
Kind rejection 2/2

Adult thriller 100k

Email Query: 12/19/2020
Partial Request (50 pages): 12/21/2020
Materials sent same day

Rejection: 1/26/2021 with a helpful line of advice.

YA Mystery 60k

Sent 12/02
Requested first 50 pp 12/07
Rejected 12/17

Unhelpful "Sorry, I just wasn't caught up enough in the story or with the characters to ask to see more." Oh...I'll have to put more "hooks" in it?

EQ: 10/10
ER: 10/11
"Thanks for this query, but as intriguing as this novel sounds, it isn’t a project that is right for me just now."

HF 104k

EQ: 9/15/2020
PR: 9/16/2020 (First 50 pages)
ER: 10/7/2020 (response below)

Hi Katie,

Thanks for giving me the chance to read some of [YA psychological suspense]. It’s a unique story, for sure, but I didn’t find [main character] that compelling a character, in the early pages—so this isn’t a project for me.

I do appreciate your thinking of me and wish you the best.

Kathy

EQ: 06/27/20
PR: 07/07/20 - First 50 Pages
ER: 08/11/20

Contemporary Women's Fiction - 85k

Quick but perfunctory response:
Thanks for thinking of me, but this doesn’t sound like a project that is right for me just now.

Best,

Kathy