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Ms. Laurel Symonds
The Bent Agency
New York, NY
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YA Fantasy 81k
I received an auto response to my email. In response to the people that didn’t get one, I heard that Laurel just joined the Bent Agency on 9/25, and my auto response was labeled as “No Subject”, so maybe she just recently got it set up. That’s my best guess.
ER: 10/24
ER: 11/29
79k YA Fantasy
FR 10/8/18
ER 11/16/18
lower mg fiction
FR: 10/23
ER: 11/29 - form
YA contemporary, 76k
MG Sci-fi
79,000
ER: 11/29/18 form letter
ER: 11/26/18 (nice form)
MG Contemporary Supernatural Mystery
57,000 words
Received immediate auto response: Thank you for your query! I try to respond to all queries within two weeks; if you don't receive a response within a month, please resend your query and indicate that you're sending it again.
FR: 11/14/18
Full sent 11/16, received confirmation of full less than five minutes later, said that she would try to respond within 8-10 weeks
YA Fantasy, 94k
FR: 10/5
ER: 11/9 - form letter
ER: 10/29 Personalized form letter
YA Fantasy 90K Words
ER: 11/5/18
Form letter
ER (form) - 11/5/18
YA 110K
ER: Nov 1 (form)
YA Fantasy, 88,000
FR: 10/5/18 (sent 10/10)
10/25/18 - kind step-aside upon offer of rep
83K YA Gothic Mystery
ER: 10/24/18 (form)
YA fantasy 70k
FR 10/24
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