Queried June 28, 2025
Form rejection July 24, 2025

Urban fantasy/magical realism, adult, 83k

Thrilled to have signed with Diego. He’s enthusiastic, motivated, and within a day had a draft of a pitch letter and list of publishers to submit to. Best part is he keeps you in the loop and treats this as a full time job.

I got a very helpful, encouraging, and detailed pass. Praised my talent but wanted more heat on page, if that helps anyone else submitting! He was really communicative as well. Very professional.

Diego read my 95k manuscript and gave me a very thorough and insightful response highlighting specific strengths and weaknesses. I truly appreciate Diego's time, and although the manuscript wasn't exactly what he was searching for, he gave me ideas on how to improve it. Thank you!

'Thank you so much for sharing 'Book Title'. There’s no denying you have a creative and funny premise here, and I really enjoyed the quirky voice and the humor you bring to the page. You’ve built an offbeat, memorable opening that clearly has personality.

That said, for this kind of project, which lives or dies on its prose and execution, the writing just isn’t quite at the level it needs to be to carry the concept all the way through. With something this high-concept and character-driven, the line-level craft really has to shine and keep readers fully immersed, and for me, it fell a bit short of that bar.

Still, I appreciate the submission, and I don’t take for granted the effort that went into this. Best of luck as you continue to develop the project, and I hope you find the right champion for it.

All the best,
Diego'

While not the response I had hoped for, I feel much better having closure (I had two publishing houses ghost me on fulls for this book). I believe in my project 100%, so I will take his critique to heart and go back over my story and focus on prose and line craft.