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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 3/18/19 (PASSED-not good fit)
ER 3/21
Polite form rejection. Getting that response was an adventure - I queried from my usual email address, then nudged on March 10th when it appeared I'd been skipped. Still nothing. Seemed strange because he is SO fast and consistent in his responses, so I finally queried afresh from a different email address and got a response in under 24 hours! There was definitely some sort of spam filter funny business going on there, I think.
ER: Mar 21 - Form
YA Fantasy
ER: 3/13
That was fast :'(
79k YA Fantasy
ER: 3/8/2019. (Form letter, but a nice one.)
FR (!!!): 01/30/19
ER, form: 02/13/19, but invited me to submit future works if they're YA
He mentioned that he primarily reps romance in the YA genre, not adult, but he'd like to take a look anyway.
Contemporary Romance, 67k
FR 2/11
YA Historical Fantasy 55K
Full Request 1/28
ER 2/11
Full request 1/8
YA Contemporary 66K
Rejection: 1/28
Full request 12/11
Sent 12/17 due to work travel.
Ya historical fantasy 70k
FR 12/3
ER 12/17
YA Fantasy
I'm so appreciative of the speed and the ease of communication. Will definitely query again if I can't find a home for this project.
FR 11/29 (3 mins later! Sent 11/30)
ER 12/17
YA Fantasy
ER: 11/19/19
Form rejection in a day. YA Fantasy, 78k
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
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