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Mr. Kevin O'Connor
O'Connor Literary Agency
New York, NY
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Website: oconnor.nyc
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ER: 3/24
As others have said Kevin takes the time to send helpful rejections. Not necessarily specifics - change this, change that - but it sounded like he actually read the materials and send recommendations crafted in my general direction. I appreciated the time and effort he put into it.
MG-Contemporary
A very kind rejection.
I feel that if you get Kevin for an agent, you'll be lucky indeed!
Followed up on January 11, since QT shows he tends to respond quickly
Full request received on January 12!
#ownvoices MG contemporary
ER: 6/15/20- Personalized rejection. Let me know he just sold something similar with an existing client.
MG Horror 20k
FR: 1/6/20
Request for Revise and Resubmit with fantastic notes: 1/19/20
Resubmit: 5/25/20
Offer: 5/28/20
This is the nicest guy ever. Seriously. He's super fast in his replies and very kind. I queried a MG manuscript with him about a year ago, and I decided to try him again with a new project just because he impressed me in his response to the last one. He has been so generous and gracious, and his notes really helped me make my ms so much stronger!
ER: 4/26/20
ADULT FICTION WRITERS: As with everyone else, he wrote a kind letter. He stated that he is focusing on middle grade fiction right now, as it's his "bread and butter." He's not really looking at adult fiction because he's only sold one adult novel, and for no advance. This may be different if the concept really grabs him, but I believe him when he says that's not what he's looking for right now.
ER: Apr 6, 2020
Same day rejection, but personalized. I appreciate the extra time he seems to take when rejecting queries. As unpublished authors, any encouragement from agents can be highly motivating, particularly when no response/form rejections are so common.
ER: 3/6
What a great guy! Very speedy, encouraging, and personalized rejection. "Tons and tons of potential...not connecting with the voice." If only all agents were this nice.
ER: 3/6
Received a wonderfully personal message from Kevin this morning explaining that he thought my work was “funny, important, and timely” but that he wasn’t the best fit since he hadn’t had success with my particular genre of personal narrative nonfiction. He encouraged me to say that he was sure other agents would take interest but that he was a pass.
Quick and thoughtful response. Much appreciated!
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