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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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Full Request: 01/02/20
ER (brief but kind): 01/21/20
Adult Fantasy
A Win win situation for me
Congrats, Wannabe2
Full Request: 12/17
YA Thriller 65,000 words: If you are considering this agent- listen to podcasts or interviews with him to make sure you submit things he's interested in. He seems wonderful!
ER: 1/8
YA supernatural SF
FR: 12/16
Full sent: 12/16
Full Request: 12/05/19 Trying to keep calm, but I'm over-the-moon about this request.
Full sent: 12/05/19
ER: 12/19/19: Kind form rejection. Disappointed but not surprised. I'm going to be happy about getting a FR from Jim for the rest of my life.
72,200 Contemporary YA
"Blurgh. Just found some VERY old queries in a second spam filter that I obviously forget to check. Sorry about these incredibly delayed responses, folks!"
https://twitter.com/JimMcCarthy528/status/1205129066174656513
ER 12/5/19
100k Memoir
Form letter rejection
ER: 12/5/2019
Form rejection
112k YA Fantasy
Accidental EQ 11/26
ER 12/2
ER: 11/20/19
Fantasy, 90k. "Dear author" form letter.
ER: 11/20/19
historical fantasy, 175K
EQ: 18-Nov-2019
ER: 19-Nov-2019
ER: November 18th, 2019
Same form letter as below, beginning with "Dear Author".
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