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21 West 26th Street
New York, NY 10010
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Website: writershouse.com
Blog: www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/JohannaCastillo/
Twitter: jcastillobooks
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Snail-Mail: No
E-Mail: Yes
Online Form: No
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PR: 03/01/21 via assistant, Erin Patterson
Notified her that I'd already accepted an offer of representation from another agent (I had forgotten to notify Johanna); her office seems to be slow to respond, so if you get an offer from another agent, definitely let her know and give her a chance to show her interest!!
#ownvoices LGBTQ+BIPOC rom-com 80K words
Espionage Thriller 83,000 words
ER: 12/16/20
Form letter, written by her assistant, Erin
ER 10/26/20 email written by someone other than Johanna. Not interested. Form.
PR: Apr 13/20 via assistant, Erin Patterson (first 100 pages - sent same day)
FR: June 27/20 (sent same day)
ER: Sept 1/20 with meaningful feedback
Historical Fiction - 90K
Adult RomCom 76K
8/10/20: Form rejection
ER: 07/09/20, form
Adult rom-com, 73k
RS 90K
Full request 3/18/2020 via her assistant Erin Patterson
Rejection w/ somewhat helpful comment 6/15/2020
Query and PB MS submitted on 6/8/20
Query and PB Manuscript - June 9, 2020
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