Update: I finished the second book and queried her, April 17, 2025. Holding my breath for a response because I absolutely fell in love with her.

Update: rejected. Next thing to do is finish this second book and query her with that one!

Update: HEARTBREAK. Over a year after I submitted my full, I found out it got lost in emails and Rena never received it! So I queried her again, August 24, 2024. Hopefully she’ll request the manuscript again!

April 19, 2024
Rena’s okay— I just checked in with her.

I queried her on February 1, 2023. On May 28, I received a full request. My manuscript matches her MSWL in that it is adult science fiction of a particularly lyrical and poetic style with a thread of Jewishness to express my love for my Jewish brothers and sisters. I am still waiting to hear back on the manuscript, but I have been periodically checking in with her for the duration of the war, and she’s okay. As okay as it is possible to be under the circumstances. I hope that my book with its themes of love and war and sacrifice and family and peace could be a comfort to her.

women's fic

Q 3-19-25
X 5-7-25

EQ: 9/7/24; attached first 50pp per agency guidelines
Full Request: 11/7/24; sent same day

4/7/25: I finished an R&R for another agent, so I sent the new MS to Rena since I haven't heard from her on the original.
4/24/25: Rejection - "I enjoyed the read – you’ve got a great voice here, and I really liked the concept, but in the end, I just didn’t fall enough in love to be able to offer representation."

MG Contemporary, 63k

Q: 1/15/2025
R: 3/2/2025

98k adult fantasy. Polite rejection:

Thanks for the opportunity to consider your work. I don’t think I’m the right agent for this, but I wish you the best of luck and keep querying! Maybe another agent will feel differently.


All the best,
Rena

January 8, 2025 Query with manuscript attached children's fiction
January 30, 2025 Polite rejection