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Ms. Laney Becker

Massie & McQuilkin Literary Agents

Ms. Laney Becker

Massie & McQuilkin Literary Agents

27 West 20th Street, Suite 305

New York, NY 10011



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Website: mmqlit.com

AAR Member: Yes

Accepts Queries Via...

Snail-Mail: No

E-Mail: Yes

Online Form: No

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Query Guidelines

Include the word "Query" in the subject line. Tell her about yourself, your project, your writing background. For fiction, include the word count and your first chapter. For non-fiction, attach your proposal. You should expect to hear back from Laney within 2-4 weeks.

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from AAuthor
Apr 12, 2018 1:19 pm


ER Form same as below two days. "Book club fiction" (aka lit fiction with commercial appeal)
from dreamcat
Apr 09, 2018 11:05 am


EQ and ER form letter same as below after two days. Womens fiction 95K words
from Jessmina
Mar 28, 2018 10:26 am


EQ: 3/22/18
ER: 3/27/18

(received the same rejection email as below)

98,000 word Psychological Suspense Novel
from MrDislaw
Feb 25, 2018 11:32 am


The same form email as the rest of the comments here but received within 45 minutes after my email....wow!
from Maucigo
Feb 17, 2018 1:26 am


Five hours after my submission...

Thank you for your query. While your project certainly has merit, I'm going to pass. As I'm sure you know, it's important that your agent be totally excited by/committed to/passionate about your project, and I'm afraid that just didn't happen here. But opinions vary considerably in this business, and mine is just one. I'm sure you'll find others who feel differently. I hope so!

I wish you the very best in your search for representation.

Warm regards,
from Patrick (admin)
Feb 02, 2018 10:06 am


Profile Update: This agent reviewed and approved this listing.

from SweetCarolina
Jan 03, 2018 12:20 pm


Same nicely worded kiss off as below (within three hours of submission).
from emwrites
Nov 29, 2017 4:07 pm


EQ: 11/27
ER: 11/29 Form rejection
101K upmarket women's fiction
from Mylorian1
Nov 14, 2017 4:41 pm


EQ: 14/11
EFR 11/15

Biographical fiction (historical) 80,000
from Blackhat
Nov 10, 2017 3:52 pm


ER: 11/10 form rejection but nicely worded.

Thank you for your query. While your project certainly has merit, I'm going to pass. As I'm sure you know, it's important that your agent be totally excited by/committed to/passionate about your project, and I'm afraid that just didn't happen here. But opinions vary considerably in this business, and mine is just one. I'm sure you'll find others who feel differently. I hope so!

I wish you the very best in your search for representation.
from Blackhat
Nov 09, 2017 11:14 am


EQ: 11/8/17
Women's fiction - 102k

FYI the website indicated her name as Laney Katz Becker.
from debbie_rosenberg58
Oct 25, 2017 12:02 pm


Queried, then received auto response: out of the office until 10/31; queries received during this time will be deleted, unread.
from LightofBeauty
Oct 05, 2017 11:10 am


10/5 EQ
10/5 ER

A form rejection, very polite, but such a shame that a form that sounds so nice and sincere is canned.

Thank you for your query. While your project certainly has merit, I'm going to pass. As I'm sure you know, it's important that your agent be totally excited by/committed to/passionate about your project, and I'm afraid that just didn't happen here. But opinions vary considerably in this business, and mine is just one. I'm sure you'll find others who feel differently. I hope so!

I wish you the very best in your search for representation.

Warm regards,

Laney
from Lebowski
Aug 14, 2017 10:51 am


Same form as below. I have to say, when I used to send out queries and submissions via mail, the letters were rarely form letters. I think there are so many more people who query agents now because it's so incredibly easy that agents are just inundated...to get anything other than a form would probably have to be something that an agent really, really, really thought they wanted to take on but couldn't for one reason or the other. Unfortunately, it makes it much more difficult to gauge your writing ability and the project itself because there's no way to really know anymore.
from Junebug
Jul 27, 2017 1:40 pm


EQ: 07/20/17
ER: 07/27/17 Personal note, very nice, rejected but saw merit in my writing. Not a fit for her.


Upmarket Commercial Fiction, Suspense/Thriller 74K

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