EQ: 9/1/22

YA Gothic Horror

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EQ: 23 August 2022

121K Adult Thriller/Horror

FQ 6/30/22 Narrative Non-Fiction/True Crime

Had a strange experience. Subbed a collection that received a full request, but I decided to develop the title novella into a novel, so I withdrew with a note explaining. Once completed soon after, I resubmitted a query (sample pages hadn’t changed) and was rejected.

Submitted again in case there had been some confusion, but may just go ahead and withdraw since he did already reject it.

EQ: 8 July 2022
MS requested: 8 July 2022

Sub'd 5/6/22
Marking CNR 6/24/22
Rec'd Form Rejection on 6/27/22:

"I hate to say this is going to be a pass as THE HIEROPHANT does not sound like a fit for me at this time.

Thank you for considering The Tobias Literary Agency, and please do stay the querying course as this industry is highly subjective. After all, Marlon James's JOHN CROW'S DEVIL was rejected 78 times before being published, and now Marlon has a Man Booker Prize for BLACK LEOPARD, RED WOLF.

Best of luck with your future queries,

Lane Heymont"


90k Adult Horror

EQ: 03/30/22
FR: 06/21/22
He sent my query to an associate, who had already rejected me so she rejected me again m Nice to see he saw potential in my query though.

FQ-5/18/22
FR-6/10/22
Sent my query to an associate within the same agency.
YA speculative fiction 93,000 words

06/08/22 - EQ after twitter pitch like
06/10/22 - PR, submitted same day

YA fantasy

FQ: 05/24
YA horror/paranormal 97k
Form: 05/31

Submitted query: 01/12/22
3/11/2022: I want to send a nudge, but it seems like the option is unavailable in the QM query status page. It only offers the options to withdraw or report an offer of representation. I'm guessing he is just very busy.
Form rejection: 05/01/22

Adult Horror 118k words

I checked Publishers Marketplace and Horror is the way to go.

Email query@thetobiasagency.com listed on MSWL website is no good.

queried 4/7
nudged with offer of rep 4/13
polite pass same day

72k upmarket/literary/speculative