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Mr. Jim McCarthy
Dystel Goderich & Bourret LLC
One Union Square West, Suite 904
New York, NY 10003
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Website: www.dystel.com
Twitter: JimMcCarthy528
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Snail-Mail: Yes
E-Mail: Yes
Online Form: No
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ER: 11-12-18
"Dear Author" form rejection the next day. Ouch, but hey, at least he's quick and knows what he wants xD
YA Fantasy 81k
ER: 11/8/18 - Bit bummed, but Jim wrote such a sweet rejection. I really appreciated it! Anyone who gets to work with him is lucky :)
YA Contemporary Fantasy 86K
Full request: 11/6/18
YA Historical Fantasy, 96K
11-1-18 ER form letter
EQ w/ partial: 10/17
ER: 10/05/18
Dear Author:
Thanks so much for letting us take a look at your materials and please forgive us for responding with a form letter. The volume of submissions we receive, however, makes it impossible to correspond with everyone personally.
Unfortunately, the project you describe does not suit our list at this time. We wish you the best of luck in finding an agent and publisher for your work and we thank you, once again, for letting us consider your materials.
ER: 10/03/2018 (about 4 hours later)
YA contemporary fantasy 77k
Form letter, same as others have mentioned. I didn't really have any hope that this would be a yes, but at least he's super quick about it.
ER: 9/6/18
Very quick.
ER: 9/18/18 form
YA Urban Fantasy 100K
Damn that was fast. At least it was like ripping off a bandaid.
ER: 9-21 (at least he's fast)
YA Epic Fantasy 95k
Thanks so much for letting us take a look at your materials and please forgive us for responding with a form letter. The volume of submissions we receive, however, makes it impossible to correspond with everyone personally.
Unfortunately, the project you describe does not suit our list at this time. We wish you the best of luck in finding an agent and publisher for your work and we thank you, once again, for letting us consider your materials.
ER: 9/18/18 Form
80k Sci-Fi Humor
ER 8/23
Warning that this agent/agency might have reached capacity on YA fantasy.
8/29/18 - Sent full
9/17/18 - ER
ER: 9/11/2018 form letter "Dear Author"
Adult Suspense, 65K
Thought it was amazing that Jim replied on average in 2 days, so was shocked when he got back to me in less than 24 hours. Bummed that it was a rejection but at least I didn't have to wait long!
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