EQ: 2/6/17
ER: 2/7/17, form letter rejection

Spiritual/Lit. fiction, 117,000 words

Received the same form rejection in 3 days. Her speed is much appreciated.

It's a tough world out there even when you have talent. (I have talent.) This is all very discouraging.
JP

EQ: 6/17/16
ER: 6/20/16
Form letter, same as the others below.

EQ 5/11/16
ER 5/12/16 Lit fiction 73K
Same form letter (Dear Author) as bejack got who posted a year ago. Doubt this agency really exists other than a shell.

EQ 5/10/15
ER 5/11/15 Memoir 81K form letter
The Doe Coover Agency thanks you very much for your recent submission. We apologize that the volume of submissions necessitates our replying in a form letter. And while we appreciate your thinking of the agency, we’re afraid that the project you propose does not seem right for our list. Another agency may well feel differently, of course, and we certainly want to wish you the best of luck with your work. Thank you again for the chance to consider your book.

EQ + first 50: 4/21/15

Literary fiction

EQ: 2/5/12
ER: 2/6/12 (¡ rapidamente !)

Dear Author:

The Doe Coover Agency thanks you very much for your recent submission. We apologize that the volume of submissions necessitates our replying in a form letter. And while we appreciate your thinking of the agency, we’re afraid that the project you propose does not seem right for our list. Another agency may well feel differently, of course, and we certainly want to wish you the best of luck with your work. Thank you again for the chance to consider your book.

THE DOE COOVER AGENCY

Patrick: Web site and AAR listing now says e-mail preferred. "For queries, we prefer email submissions.
You may submit your work to this address - info@doecooveragency.com. Mailed submissions are also fine, but must include a self-addressed envelope with correct return postage."

Also, they request the first 50 pages. "For fiction we prefer to receive a query consisting of a detailed synopsis of the novel and the first 50 pages. Please include an author biography as well."

Form rejection letter. Get the feeling they didn't even bother to look at it. This make rejection 19. The idea that they just replied without even looking at it really frustrates me.

This is the second time I've gotten a fast turnaround in queries. According to GLA, they rep thrillers. But not here or at AQ, they mentioned. I've gotten a rejection from Frances Kennedy, after 4 hours I sent the query. That was fast. They stated, it didn't fit their needs.

On 4/6, I sent her a query for Chain Reaction. Today I've heard back from her: it doesn't seem right for her list.

Full request in two days.

They used the same rejection letter for my query...turnaround time 10 days from my posting to receipt of form rejection. Mohyde's submission instructions request a 1-page synopsis and a sample chapter, but it's evident nothing was examined...the paperclip was unmoved and the pages show no creasing at the staple. I've got this vivid mental picture of an unpaid intern sitting in a windowless cubicle and stuffing SASE's from a pile of rejection forms. Very classy, Doe Coover Agency.

Less than one day from "hi" to "bye".
The Doe Coover Agency thanks you very much for your recent submission.

We apologize that the volume of submissions necessitates our replying
in a

form letter. And while we appreciate your thinking of the agency, we're
afraid

that the project you propose does not seem right for our list.



Another agency may well feel differently, of course, and we certainly
want to

wish you the best of luck with your work. Thank you again for the
chance to

consider your book.

Patrick: I don't think her genre listing is complete. I think you could add Literary Fiction. On their website, here is what they list for Colleen: COLLEEN MOHYDE established an affiliation with the Agency in 1992 after a decade as an editor at Little, Brown & Company. She represents an eclectic and wide-ranging list of authors, including Pulitzer Prize winners, PEN Award recipients, and New York Times bestsellers. She is first and foremost interested in gifted storytelling, whether in literary fiction or narrative non-fiction, and is also interested in biography, business, psychology, health, sports, music, history, and politics

Thanks Tarzan, I'll add that.