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Mr. Eric Smith

P.S. Literary Agency

Mr. Eric Smith

P.S. Literary Agency

2010 Winston Park Drive, 2nd Floor

Oakville, ON L6H 5R7



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Website: psliterary.com

Blog: ericsmithrocks.com

Twitter: ericsmithrocks

Accepts Queries Via...

Snail-Mail: No

E-Mail: Yes

Online Form: No

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from Writerkehr
Jun 29, 2020 2:52 pm


EQ: 6/24
Rom-Com 91K not his typical genre, but a blog post said he was looking for one and I'm a fan.
FR: 6/28 per B.D. Gyulai submissions coordinator
from jwparente13
Jun 21, 2020 8:42 am


EQ - 5/31

YA Dark Fantasy 87k

4-6 wks response turn around if interested
from Faye_Hicks
Jun 08, 2020 3:16 pm


EQ: 6/3/20. NF, Memoir
PR: 6/8/20
from dixiejen
Jun 02, 2020 9:53 am


EQ: 5/17
from PamCemen
May 20, 2020 11:15 am


Rejection was via Tweet that PS had read all queries up through May 5. I saw a comment by tremendousotter. Annoying that they can't spend 1 minute writing a form rejection email.
from tremendousotter
May 19, 2020 8:20 am


According to the PS Literary Twitter they're all caught up through May 5th.
from cwbuecheler
May 13, 2020 10:17 am


EQ: 4/5/20
CNR: 5/13/20 - he seems to be pretty speedy when he's interested, so I suspect this is a no.

SF Space Opera, 103k words
from ChrystalS
May 07, 2020 10:06 am


EQ 5-5-20

I don't normally close queries quickly but I have an extension that shows when emails are opened and I also know Mr. Smith tends to request quickly after reading. My email shows he opened mine yesterday (5-6-20) so I'm assuming it's a pass. Don't know if that means he caught up to May 5th or not though! Good luck everyone!
from howlsmovingcastle
Apr 16, 2020 12:24 pm


2/22/2020: Responded to one of Eric's tweets where he expressed interest in reading an adult book about working in game dev, asked if he'd considered a contemporary romance, he said yes. Submitted a query letter via email and got a full request in 4 minutes (So fast!). Sent over same day.
4/16/2020: Rejection with brief, kind note. "Not a right fit."
from michele42
Apr 15, 2020 8:49 pm


EQ: 4/13/20 based on conference request

YA fantasy 92k
from pacatrue
Apr 10, 2020 7:58 pm


A tweet on April 10th from P.S. Literary, Eric's agency, says all queries through March 31st have been read and requested if interested. So, if your query is before then and you haven't heard, it implies it's a no.
from cmg436
Apr 09, 2020 3:07 pm


EQ full (conference pitch): 28Oct2019 - held for PW
EQ revised: 11Feb2020
Friendly step-aside on nudge with offer 09Apr2020

Adult literary 84K
from cwbuecheler
Apr 05, 2020 2:19 pm


EQ: 2/12/20 (immediate auto-reply)
CNR: 4/5/20

Contemporary Fantasy, 93k Words
I think I screwed this one up. I missed their rigid query letter guidelines - I'm usually super specific about adhering to guidelines and feel bad about missing these but, oh well, sometimes you make a mistake!
from mikewyantjr
Apr 01, 2020 11:34 am


@dixiejen: I always treat agency guidelines as law. Better to err on the side of caution for this one.
from dixiejen
Mar 26, 2020 3:15 pm


Question: they have very specific guidelines for their query letters. Are they using that as a full-stop requirement (don't deviate from this) or more "this is kinda how a query letter should look"? (I'm assuming the first)

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