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Mr. Stephen Fraser
Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency
245 Park Avenue, 39th Floor
New York, NY 10167
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MG Mystery 44k
That is his definition of a query - a paragraph synopsis and a paragraph bio (in a letter format). From a workshop I attended once, he also loves a good comp line in there if you can pull it off. My final 'query' had three paragraphs in it - the synop (pitch) followed by the wordcount/comp/bio (BOOK is complete at WORDCOUNT and is written in vein of Title meets Title. I am blah blah blah). Since I had met him personally, I prefaced my query with one paragraph jogging his memory of the workshop I'd taken and what I'd been up to since.
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On 5/17 he emailed me early am stating what he liked in my picture book manuscript (and about my writing) but also pointed out what he'd like to see changed in it. Then he asked for additional manuscripts.
5/18: I emailed him the additional manuscripts + a revision of the manuscript he provided me with feedback for.
FR: 11/18/17
1/10/18 - I reached out to Steve and told him I was considering some changes and he said to send the revision when it was ready.
5/1/18 - I sent the revision and got a kind response from Steve.
MG 77k (revised to 76k)
I met Steve at a conference and he's a lovely person.
ER: 3/9 (3 hours after submission)
Queried with a picture book that was professionally critiqued and edited over several months and has already been requested by a publisher. Had really great feedback on it, and high hopes.
He responded right away saying that he liked the mood of my story. Pointed out a specific part of two. Said it would lend itself well to illustration. However, he felt the very opening was a bit "protracted" and recommended where in the beginning of the story I should cut a few lines. Didn't sound like anything major in terms of dislikes. Didn't even officially pass on me or the project in his wording. Just thanked me for submitting. But obviously safe to assume he did.
FR: 1/4/18 (sent same day)
87k YA Contemporary
CNR: 8/8 PB
ETA: This was a post-conference query
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