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Ms. Adria Goetz
Martin Literary Management
Seattle, WA
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Website: MartinLiteraryManagement.com
Blog: adriagoetz.com
Twitter: adriamgoetz
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E-Mail: Yes
Online Form: No
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FR: April 24, 2018
Contemporary YA, 84K
She shared some brief notes of what she enjoyed about my sample pages in her response email. That was a surprise and a really sweet personal addition!
**Updated**
ER: May 10, 2018
Ms. Goetz sent back a nice response (even though ultimately she decided to pass) highlighting things she enjoyed and what prevented her from committing to the project. Very helpful feedback.
FR: 5/07/18!
Super fast! YA Fantasy 103k.
ER: 4/26/18 (Form letter, but personalized with my name. She seemed very nice, though I was disappointed since I thought my ms was a good fit based on her MSWL descriptions).
PB, 300 words
EQ - 4/22 (received auto-reply that she is out of the office and will return 4/23)
ER - 4/24 (form reply but personal in the fact that she called me by name)
Also, she was very nice.
ER: 4/16/18
YA Fantasy
FR 2/8/18
ER 2/28/18 Very kind rejection, did not have vision for which editors to send to.
YA Fantasy 83K
ER 12/27
Form rejection
50k MG contemp
FR- 12/14 Personalized response... loved my work but not a good fit at this time
ER 12/13/2017
Form rejection MG Supernatural Mystery
ER: 11/3
Personalized, lovely rejection (said all good things, but project not a right fit), she seems wonderful.
FR: 9/14
74K YA HF/Gothic
Adria confirmed receipt and indicated she has several mss to read before mine; might not hear from her until October/November. So nice of her to let me know!
ER: 10/31 - not what she's looking for. Ugh, I could cry.
ER - 10/27/17
Form - MG historical
Rejection: 6-19-17 It was actually personalized with a specific comment about the book. This may be the first time this has happened to me outside a contest or twitter event. :-)
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