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Last name changed from Burkot to Beck.
Ms. Rachel Beck
Holloway Literary
Washington D.C., DC
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Website: hollowayliteraryagency.com
Twitter: Rachel_Burkot
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Contemporary Espionage/Thriller
CNR: 8/16/17
C/NR: 8/7/17
Contemporary con/heist 80k
CNR 6/20/17
WF 89K
PR: 6/20
77K YA Contemporary
PR: 6/19 (50 pages)
YA Psychological 80k
Hope she likes the first 50 pages! I'll be sitting here with a nervous tick for the next... *checks response time set by submissions coordinator* ... 3 to 4 months.
PR (50p)*: 3/21/17
FR: 6/1/17
YA Contemporary 76k
*requests came from Kat, the submissions coordinator
CNR: 5/21/17
Website says 4-6 weeks, otherwise it is a pass.
EQ 12/25/2016 Received auto response
Thank you for thinking of Holloway Literary, home of RITA 2015 Nominated for Best First Book Regency Romance author Alyssa Alexander's The Smuggler Wore Silk, Book Buzz 2014 featured author, Women's Fiction writer Kimberly Belle and Amazon US & UK Bestselling Contemporary Romance author, Katie Oliver.
Nikki, Rachel, Kortney, Michael and Jamie look forward to reading your submission.
Our submission guidelines and requests are very clear. Please note:
If your query is in a genre that we do not represent or are not seeking, your query will be deleted.
If you query multiple agents at Holloway, all but the first query will be deleted.
If you do not address your query to a specific agent, it may not be read or it may take longer to process.
If you send your first 15 pages as an attachment, your query will be deleted unread.
If your query is too short (under 70 k) or over 100 K your query may be deleted.
You may expect a response in 12 weeks. After that time you are welcome to check in with our submissions coordinator for a status check.
Best Regards,
Holloway Literary Staff
Contemporary Ro 84K
PR: 12/17 (first 50 pages)
ER: 2/6/17 Form rejection
If yes, I might re-send if you don't receive an auto-reply within 24 hours....
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